title: Right ventricular mass and pulmonary embolism in a patient with essential thrombocythemia.
abstract: We report a case of a patient with essential thrombocythosis with a right ventricular mass and massive pulmonary embolism following an abdominal operation and who was operated on due to severe hemodynamic instability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul American Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Atif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akcevin
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mert
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turkoglu
authors.forename: Tufan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D013920:Thrombocythemia, Essential / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy