Pulmonary embolism and thromboembolic disease carry a high mortality if not recognised and managed appropriately. Herein we illustrate the case of a dehydrated elderly female patient with recurrent syncope who proved to have high risk pulmonary embolism and a free floating right heart thrombus. The echocardiographic findings of right heart thrombus and possible thrombi 'in transit' within a low flow inferior vena cava, guided a life-saving treatment in this frail elderly patient.
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Papadimitraki, E. D., Papadopoulos, D., Zerva, K., Bassoulis, D., Chatzigheorgiou, E., & Barbetseas, J. (2015). Right heart thrombus causing syncope in an elderly patient. Age and Ageing, 44(5), 896–898. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv092
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