Patient with history of constrictive pericarditis (cp?) presented to the emergency department with chest pain and shortness of breath.Patient found to have a saddle pulmonary embolism and emboli in bilateral main pulmonary arteries in each lobe.Patient needed a bilateral pulmonary arteriogram with catheter assisted thrombolysis and inferior vena cava filter placement.Both of the boston scientific (bs) ekosonic endovascular devices would not function when the medication was started.The physician attempted to maneuver catheter alongside the bs representative in the room.The physician and bs representative determined that the products were nonfunctioning and pulled them out and replace them with new ones.The replacements worked well.No known harm to patient.
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