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An Incident of a Massive Pulmonary Embolism following Acute Aortic Dissection. A Case Report Cover

An Incident of a Massive Pulmonary Embolism following Acute Aortic Dissection. A Case Report

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 7 (2021): Issue 1 (January 2021)
By: Sofia Fernandes,  Mariana Rodrigues,  Catarina Barreiros,  Hugo Côrte-Real,  Ricardo Ferreira and  Ângelo Nobre  
Open Access
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Fig. 1

A. Preoperative thoracic computed tomographic angiography: acute Stanford type A aortic dissection with ascending intimal flap (arrow). The main pulmonary artery(***) and the left and right branches were normally enhanced with contrast medium. (*true lumen aorta; **false lumen). B. Preoperative thoracic computed tomographic angiography: aortic arch saccular aneurysm (*).

Fig. 2

Transthoracic echocardiography apical five-chamber view: right ventricular enlargement (*) and left ventricle (**).

Fig. 3

A. Contrast-enhanced thoracic CT showing extensive, bilateral thromboembolism of the right (purple arrow) and left pulmonary artery (red arrow) branches and its lobar branches (blue arrows). B. Periprosthetic hematoma from the innominate artery with a pseudoaneurysm (*) conditioning a slight impression of the brachiocephalic venous trunk filiform path (red arrow).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
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Language: English
Page range: 67 - 72
Submitted on: Sep 14, 2020
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Accepted on: Dec 29, 2020
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Published on: Jan 29, 2021
Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
aortic dissection,
pulmonary embolism,
anticoagulation
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Anaesthesiology,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other

© 2021 Sofia Fernandes, Mariana Rodrigues, Catarina Barreiros, Hugo Côrte-Real, Ricardo Ferreira, Ângelo Nobre, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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