Abstract
A 53-year-old woman who underwent bilateral lung transplantation 14 months before presented with 2 to 3 weeks of severe exertional dyspnea. Workup revealed a complete embolic occlusion of her left main pulmonary artery related to a femoral deep venous thrombosis. The occlusion did not respond to systemic anticoagulation, and a trial of catheter-directed thrombolysis was pursued. Flow to the left lower lobe was restored after 2 days of thromobolytic therapy. The patient is alive and well at more than 1 year of follow-up.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 214-216 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2017 |
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Publisher Copyright:© 2017 by the International Society for Minimally Invasive.
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Keywords
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Lung transplantation
- Pulmonary embolus
- Thrombolysis.
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