Implications The authors describe two cases of massive intraoperative pulmonary
thromboembolism resulting in cardiovascular collapse during liver transplantation. The …

We present the cases of two patients, aged 67 and 77 years, who were admitted for the
evaluation of rapidly progressive dyspnea and syncope, respectively. Both patients …

In two hemodynamically unstable patients, massive pulmonary embolism and free‐floating
right cardiac thrombi were diagnosed. Thrombolytic therapy was contraindicated and …

The echocardiogram on the cover of the June 1, 1999, issue of Circulation is a beautiful
illustration of an impending paradoxical embolism. Unfortunately, neither the text1 nor the …

We read with interest the recent article by Greco and colleagues (July 1999). 1 Among 30
patients admitted to their ICU with massive pulmonary embolism (PE), they detected 7 …

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© 2000 The European Society of Cardiology diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary
embolism. The Guidelines were developed with the help of a budget assigned to the Task …