Pulmonary embolism and intracardiac shunt: a unique indication for operation.
Pulmonary embolism with right-to-left intracardiac shunt presents a special problem for the clinician. A review of the literature and 4 personal cases, all diagnosed antemortem, are presented. On the basis of this information certain conclusions are drawn, and we suggest the problem to be a unique indication for the consideration of surgical intervention.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*