Successful catheter-directed thrombolysis of a massive pulmonary embolism in a patient after recent pneumonectomy. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) after major thoracic surgery is an uncommon but life-threatening event that is challenging to manage. At present, the treatment of acute PE is either anticoagulation with or without systemic thrombolytic therapy. We report a case of a 65-year-old female with recent left pneumonectomy who developed a massive PE. The patient was successfully and safely treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis. To our knowledge, this is the first patient treated in this fashion.

publication date

  • October 16, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Thrombolytic Therapy
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84916224266

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.09.009

PubMed ID

  • 25457536

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 39

issue

  • 1