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Richard Longfei Li1, Pauline Berens2, Krishna Martinez-Singh2
1Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
Abstract:
While fat emboli are often small and predominantly impact capillary beds, larger fat emboli can pose a substantial risk of pulmonary embolism. This case demonstrates the management of a large iliocaval fat embolus using endovascular mechanical thrombectomy techniques. The Inari Protrieve and RevCore systems were successfully used to extract a large fat embolus in an 87-year-old woman who had undergone a recent hip surgery.
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