Pulmonary Vein Stump Thrombosis and Cerebral Infarction after Left Upper Lobectomy.

Yoshiyuki YasuuraHiroyuki KayataHayato KonnoHideaki KojimaTetsuya MizunoMitsuhiro IsakaYasuhisa Ohde

Published in: The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (2023)

Pulmonary vein stump thrombosis following LUL was not necessarily associated with cerebral infarction, including the late phase. A prospective observational study with contrast-enhanced chest CT would be required to investigate the risk factors for cerebral infarction in each phase of the postoperative period.

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