Acute pulmonary thromboembolism with a floating right-heart thrombus. 4 surgical cases.
THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY = NIHON KYOBU GEKA GAKKAI ZASSHI 2001;
49:113-6. [PMID:
11257766 DOI:
10.1007/bf02912127]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
We determined the efficacy of surgery for acute pulmonary thromboembolism with a floating right-heart thrombus.
METHODS AND RESULTS
Thrombi were diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography and electron beam computed tomography in 4 patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism with a floating right-heart thrombus, and thromboembolectomy was done in all patients. Surgical procedure included intermittent deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. One patient died of endobronchial hemorrhage and 3 survived.
CONCLUSION
Because acute pulmonary thromboembolism with a right-heart thrombus is life-threatening, immediate thromboembolectomy is required to decrease mortality.
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