Normal arterial blood gas in a patient with saddle pulmonary artery embolus: diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
This article describes a patient with a large, main pulmonary artery thromboembolus with normal arterial blood gas results, including normal alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient. The diagnosis was established using transesophageal echocardiography and confirmed with pulmonary angiography. The patient subsequently underwent anticoagulation and eventually was discharged without complications.
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Department of Medicine, Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy
D000925:Anticoagulants