[A case of successful pulmonary embolectomy for massive acute pulmonary thromboembolism]. 2002

Daisuke Fuse, and Hiroshi Harasawa, and Takaaki Nakamoto, and Hirohisa Amano, and Mikio Kobayashi, and Noboru Kaneko
Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.

A 54-year-old man was admitted to our hospital complaining of sudden-onset dyspnea in shock. Chest computed tomography(CT) showed thrombi in the right main and left intermediate pulmonary arteries. The case was diagnosed as a massive acute pulmonary thromboembolism. Although his hemodynamic status was stable after catecholamine infusion, his dyspnea was still in progress. Emergency pulmonary embolectomy was performed and the life of patient was saved. It is thought that progressive dyspnea is an important sign of a deteriorating hemodynamic status and the predictive symptom indicating a surgical procedure in patients with massive acute pulmonary thromboembolism.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011655 Pulmonary Embolism Blocking of the PULMONARY ARTERY or one of its branches by an EMBOLUS. Pulmonary Thromboembolism,Thromboembolism, Pulmonary,Embolism, Pulmonary,Embolisms, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Embolisms,Pulmonary Thromboembolisms,Thromboembolisms, Pulmonary
D004630 Emergencies Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results. Emergency
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208 Acute Disease Disease having a short and relatively severe course. Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D017128 Embolectomy Surgical removal of an obstructing clot or foreign material which has been transported from a distant vessel by the bloodstream. Removal of a clot at its original site is called THROMBECTOMY. Embolectomies

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