Surgical treatment of massive pulmonary embolism occurring after coronary artery bypass surgery

Ali Rıza Cenal; Cenk Tataroğlu,; Kemal Uzun; Esat Akıncı

Ali Rıza Cenal¹, Cenk Tataroğlu, Kemal Uzun¹, Esat Akıncı¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Avrupa Şafak Hospital, İstanbul
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Düzce University, Düzce

A 45-year-old woman developed acute massive pulmonary embolism two weeks after coronary artery bypass surgery. After confirmation of pulmonary embolism with echocardiography, the patient underwent pulmonary embolectomy within one hour of admission and a huge amount of clot was extracted via an incision of the pulmonary artery. The source of thrombus could not be determined. The patient was discharged uneventfully. At the three-month follow-up, there were no signs of recurrence and pulmonary hypertension.

Keywords : Coronary artery bypass/complications; echocardiography; embolectomy/methods; postoperative complications; pulmonary embolism/diagnosis/surgery

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