High-risk pulmonary embolism in a patient with acute dissecting aortic aneurysm.
In the last decades, an increased incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) and acute dissection (AD) of aortic aneurysms has been registered mostly due to increased availability of advanced imaging techniques. They seldom occur concomitantly in the same patient. In this paper, we present the clinical challenges and controversies of diagnosis and therapy in a 70-year-old male patient with an atypical presentation of high-risk PE occurring concomitantly with a silent AD of a thoracic aortic aneurysm.
Department of Internal Medicine II, Clinic of Cardiology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Timişoara, Romania.
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Department of Internal Medicine II, Clinic of Cardiology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Timişoara, Romania.
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D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed