This 24M presented with acute onset CP/SOB, hypoxia, ...
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This 24M presented with acute onset CP/SOB, hypoxia, HR 150s. What's the diagnosis? Treatment options? Hint: this is a rare echo finding!

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Thrombus in transit seen in RA. dilated RV with McConnell's sign. Pt had extensive bilateral PTE. Started on heparin then taken for EKOS catheter-directed thrombolysis, aspiration thrombectomy. Discharged 3 d later with normal LV and RV function.

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Dr. Priyanka Teckchandani
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GrepMed Pulmonary and Critical Care Editor - Academic Hospitalist UC Davis Medical Center Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellow UC Irvine ‘22 
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