Catheter Related Right Atrial Thrombus in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis: Results of a Single Centre Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital.
Conclusion: The incidence of CRAT in patients with THC for MHD was 17.9%. Patients with THC for MHD should be examined for presence of CRAT before removal of THC to prevent fatal pulmonary thromboembolism.
PMID: 31315321 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research
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