Management of Massive Pulmonary Embolism with Clot in Transit Using Fluoroscopic and Transthoracic Echocardiographic-Guided Large-Bore Mechanical Thrombectomy

CC BY 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1806732

Letter to Editor

¹Department of Medical Education, Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine, Fairborn, Ohio, United States

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Omar Alhelali

²Department of Radiology, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

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Ahmad Kattan

³Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, HCA Florida Blake Hospital, Bradenton, Florida, United States

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