Microscopic Examination of Clots from Percutaneous Mechanical Embolectomies in Pulmonary Embolism.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2023

Abstract

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a very common clinical entity with clinical symptoms that range from no symptom to complete hemodynamic collapse, sometimes with similar-appearing clot burden on computed tomographic pulmonary angiogram. Given highly variable clinical presentation, the authors wanted to investigate if there is clinical correlation based on the age of a clot with microscopic examination to clinical presentation. Thirteen thrombectomy aspirates from patients with an acute PE were microscopically analyzed. The goal was to age the thrombus based on histologic features and correlate it to clinical course.

Volume

19

Issue

1

First Page

67

Last Page

73

ISSN

1551-7136

Disciplines

Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology

PubMedID

36435574

Department(s)

Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging

Document Type

Article

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