Pulmonary Embolism

Clot in Transit | Pulmonary Embolism | D Greenberg, U Muhith, R Cometa, J Siebert, A Cherukuri, M Jones | Bronx, NY

Return of spontaneous circulation is achieved in an elderly patient who is brought into the emergency department after suffering a cardiac arrest. Hypotensive, POCUS cardiac shows a clot in transit and subsequently received thrombolysis for treatment of massive pulmonary embolism. The 30-day mortality of diagnosing a clot in transits is about 27%, but significantly reduced with thrombolysis or surgery.

Apical 4 chamber view with right atrial clot.

subxiphoid view with right atrial clot pushing through the tricuspid valve.