Simultaneous pulmonary embolectomy and aortic root replacement.
Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is characterized by hypotension and cardiogenic shock due to right ventricular failure, and is associated with a high mortality rate. In this case study, we report a simultaneous pulmonary embolectomy and aortic root replacement in a 71-year-old woman with a known ascending aortic aneurysm who sustained a massive PE following a VATS left upper lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer.
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General Surgery, NY Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia, New York, New York, United States. bw2013@columbia.edu
Steijlen
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Stewart
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Bacchetta
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D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome