title: Massive haemoptysis complicating prosthetic patch pulmonary embolism after atrial septal defect repair.
abstract: A case is presented of a 43 year old woman with massive haemotypsis secondary to non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism complicating atrial septal defect repair with a prosthetic patch. Non-thrombotic embolus must be considered in the differential diagnosis of massive haemoptysis.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Service, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Badalona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ribas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maestre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez-Piteira
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*