Abstract

ORIHUELA, Consuelo; TZOMPANTZI-FLORES, Rosa; HERNANDEZ-MOLINA, José A.  and  AYALA-LEON, Miguel. Cardiogenic shock due to pulmonary thromboembolism: the role of surgical thrombectomy. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2023, vol.93, n.1, pp.26-29.  Epub Feb 24, 2023. ISSN 1665-1731.  https://doi.org/10.24875/acm.21000093.

A 53-year-old male patient with history of repaired hernia, who is admitted for 5 days of progressive dyspnea with diagnosis of abdominal sepsis, a computed tomography angiography was made, revealing pulmonary embolism in bilateral main pulmonary artery, and cardiac thrombectomy was performed.

Keywords : Surgical thrombectomy; Paradoxical embolism; Right ventricle; Thrombus entrapped; Patent foramen ovale; Pulmonary embolism.

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