Suction-based catheter retrieval of right ventricular clot-in-transit

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Dec 27. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30533. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Right ventricular clot-in-transit (CIT) is a rare finding in venous thromboembolic disease and carries a high mortality rate. Its optimal treatments have yet to be established in the literature. Here we describe the usage of a suction-based catheter, the INARI FlowTriever® system (INARI Medical Inc.) to successfully retrieve a CIT from the right ventricle of a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 acute respiratory distress syndrome on veno-veno extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Keywords: PE-pulmonary embolism; THRO-thrombectomy; THROM-thrombectomy.

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  • Case Reports