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Treatment of massive pulmonary embolism after on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a case report
Treatment of massive pulmonary embolism after on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a case report
Ali Rıza Cenal1, Cenk Tataroğlu2, Hayrettin Tekümit1, 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 an acute massive pulmonary
embolism two weeks after four-vessel coronary artery
bypass graft surgery. After confirmation of pulmonary
embolism with echocardiography the patient underwent
emergent pulmonary embolectomy in one hour following
admission and a huge amount of clot was extracted via
longitudinal pulmonary arteriotomy. Intraoperative transesophageal
echocardiography revealed no remnants of
thrombus either in the right atrium or right ventricle. The
patient was discharged uneventfully and did not develop
deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary hypertension on the
3rd month of follow-up.
Keywords : Coronary artery bypass surgery; echocardiography; pulmonary embolism
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