Rapid evaluation of acute pulmonary embolism with thromboembolism-in-transit.
Seok In LeeYu Jin KimKook Yang ParkChul-Hyun ParkPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)
We report a case of thromboembolism-in-transit through a patent foramen ovale that could cause systemic embolism in a patient with pulmonary embolism. An accurate and quick diagnosis by transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography allowed emergent surgical thromboembolectomy to be performed without complications. Integral diagnostic workup should be performed in case of acute pulmonary thromboembolism whether the patient is hemodynamically stable or not.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- computed tomography
- liver failure
- inferior vena cava
- respiratory failure
- pulmonary hypertension
- case report
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- positron emission tomography
- risk factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- left ventricular
- high resolution
- hepatitis b virus
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- magnetic resonance
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mass spectrometry
- mechanical ventilation
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- sensitive detection