TY - JOUR
T1 - Massive Pulmonary Embolism Permitting Paradoxical Systemic Arterial Embolism
T2 - Successful Surgical Management
AU - Shaw, Richard C.
AU - Ludbrook, Philip A.
AU - Weiss, Alan N.
AU - Weldon, Clarence S.
PY - 1976/1/1
Y1 - 1976/1/1
N2 - The case of a young woman, receiving oral contraceptives, who developed massive pulmonary embolism producing circulatory collapse and paradoxical arterial embolism through a patent foramen ovale is documented. Limb viability was threatened. Emergency management included removal of arterial and pulmonary emboli, surgical closure of the patent foramen ovale, inferior caval partitioning, ovarian vein ligation, and short-term anticoagulation. Recovery was rapid and complete.
AB - The case of a young woman, receiving oral contraceptives, who developed massive pulmonary embolism producing circulatory collapse and paradoxical arterial embolism through a patent foramen ovale is documented. Limb viability was threatened. Emergency management included removal of arterial and pulmonary emboli, surgical closure of the patent foramen ovale, inferior caval partitioning, ovarian vein ligation, and short-term anticoagulation. Recovery was rapid and complete.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0017200579&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(10)64920-X
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(10)64920-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 962418
AN - SCOPUS:0017200579
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 22
SP - 293
EP - 295
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -