Pulmonary thromboembolism following angioplasty for membranous occlusion of the vena cava: case report.
Pulmonary thromboembolism following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for membranous occlusion of the inferior vena cava is reported. Scintigraphy following angioplasty showed a pulmonary perfusion defect with mild hypoxia. The patient recovered after anticoagulant therapy. Pulmonary thromboembolism may be a complication of angioplasty in patients who have membranous occlusions accompanying intracaval thrombus.
Nagata
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Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Kumada
K
K
Yamada
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Abe
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Ozawa
K
K
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology