title: Prolonged survival after massive pulmonary embolism in a patient with atrial septal defect and mass in the right ventricle.
abstract: Unless thrombolytic or surgical therapy is rapidly available, massive pulmonary embolism in both pulmonary arteries invariably results in instantaneous death. A patient is presented with congenital atrial septal defect and right ventricular thrombus who developed extensive bilateral pulmonary embolism with an apparently prolonged survival. The ante- and postmortem findings represent the unusual and interesting aspects of this particular case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles County, USA. tak.tahir@las-vegas.va.gov
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tak
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dave
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Chandraratna
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chandrasoma
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology