Saddle Pulmonary Embolism in a Cancer Patient with Thrombocytopenia: A Treatment Dilemma

The association between cancer and venous thromboembolism (VTE) is well established. Saddle pulmonary embolism is not uncommon in hospitalized cancer patients and confers a higher mortality. We report a case of saddle pulmonary embolism in a cancer patient with thrombocytopenia, discuss the bleeding...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zalpour, Ali, Hanzelka, Katy, Patlan, John T., Rozner, Marc A., Yusuf, Syed Wamique
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2010
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234423
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/835750
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Sumario:The association between cancer and venous thromboembolism (VTE) is well established. Saddle pulmonary embolism is not uncommon in hospitalized cancer patients and confers a higher mortality. We report a case of saddle pulmonary embolism in a cancer patient with thrombocytopenia, discuss the bleeding risks, complexity of managing such patients and review current guidelines.

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