title: Pulmonary artery embolization of intravenous leiomyomatosis extending into the right atrium.
abstract: A 43-year-old woman was diagnosed with an intravenous leiomyomatosis at a previous hospital and transferred to our hospital to undergo surgical treatment. Emergency one-stage operation for coincidental removal of intra-abdominal, right atrial, and intravenous masses were planned. Upon arriving at the operating room, she suffered a sudden onset of severe dyspnea and showed hemodynamic instability. Intraoperative TEE showed pulmonary embolization of a right atrial mass. Removal of the pulmonary artery mass and the intra-abdominal mass, and the cardiopulmonary bypass were performed without any complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Korea.
authors.forename: Sak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Do-Kyun
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyoung Shik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Narm
authors.forename: Sang-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho