Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolus in a Pregnant Patient: A Case Report

We report a case of a pregnant woman who presented to the emergency department complaining of dyspnea and syncope and was ultimately diagnosed with pulmonary vein thrombosis and a saddle pulmonary embolus on computed tomography pulmonary angiography. Proper identification is critical for prompt mana...

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Autores principales: Berman, Daniel J, Jordan, Melissa N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10350341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37461756
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40538
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spelling pubmed-103503412023-07-17 Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolus in a Pregnant Patient: A Case Report Berman, Daniel J Jordan, Melissa N Cureus Emergency Medicine We report a case of a pregnant woman who presented to the emergency department complaining of dyspnea and syncope and was ultimately diagnosed with pulmonary vein thrombosis and a saddle pulmonary embolus on computed tomography pulmonary angiography. Proper identification is critical for prompt management to avoid significant life-threatening sequela. Cureus 2023-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10350341/ /pubmed/37461756 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40538 Text en Copyright © 2023, Berman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Emergency Medicine
Berman, Daniel J
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Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolus in a Pregnant Patient: A Case Report
title Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolus in a Pregnant Patient: A Case Report
title_full Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolus in a Pregnant Patient: A Case Report
title_fullStr Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolus in a Pregnant Patient: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolus in a Pregnant Patient: A Case Report
title_short Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolus in a Pregnant Patient: A Case Report
title_sort pulmonary vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolus in a pregnant patient: a case report
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10350341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37461756
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