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A Porcine Model of Acute Autologous Pulmonary Embolism
Published on: September 6, 2024
Concomitant pulmonary embolism and aortic dissection: approach to anticoagulation
David Roque1, Pedro Magno1, Augusto Ministro2
1Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando da Fonseca, EPE, Amadora, Portugal.
Abstract:
The authors describe a case of a patient admitted with a pre-syncopal episode and precordial discomfort, and whose cardiac ultrasound performed in the Emergency Room was suggestive of Pulmonary Embolism. The patient was submitted to fibrinolytic therapy after cardiac arrest. The computerized tomography done after this episode not only confirmed the presence of pulmonary embolism but had also shown a Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection. The option was to maintain the therapeutic anticoagulation, having the patient evolved favourably.
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