An Incident of a Massive Pulmonary Embolism Following Acute Aortic Dissection. a Case Report

Acute aortic dissection and acute pulmonary embolism are two life-threatening emergencies. The presented case is of an 81-year-old man who has been diagnosed with an acute Stanford type A aortic dissection and referred to a tertiary hospital for surgical treatment. After a successful aortic repair a...

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Autores principales: Fernandes, Sofia, Rodrigues, Mariana, Barreiros, Catarina, Côrte-Real, Hugo, Ferreira, Ricardo, Nobre, Ângelo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8519376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34722906
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0001
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author Fernandes, Sofia
Rodrigues, Mariana
Barreiros, Catarina
Côrte-Real, Hugo
Ferreira, Ricardo
Nobre, Ângelo
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Rodrigues, Mariana
Barreiros, Catarina
Côrte-Real, Hugo
Ferreira, Ricardo
Nobre, Ângelo
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description Acute aortic dissection and acute pulmonary embolism are two life-threatening emergencies. The presented case is of an 81-year-old man who has been diagnosed with an acute Stanford type A aortic dissection and referred to a tertiary hospital for surgical treatment. After a successful aortic repair and an overall favourable postoperative recovery, he was diagnosed with cervical and upper extremity deep vein thrombosis and was anticoagulated accordingly. He later presented with massive bilateral pulmonary embolism.
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spelling pubmed-85193762021-10-28 An Incident of a Massive Pulmonary Embolism Following Acute Aortic Dissection. a Case Report Fernandes, Sofia Rodrigues, Mariana Barreiros, Catarina Côrte-Real, Hugo Ferreira, Ricardo Nobre, Ângelo J Crit Care Med (Targu Mures) Case Report Acute aortic dissection and acute pulmonary embolism are two life-threatening emergencies. The presented case is of an 81-year-old man who has been diagnosed with an acute Stanford type A aortic dissection and referred to a tertiary hospital for surgical treatment. After a successful aortic repair and an overall favourable postoperative recovery, he was diagnosed with cervical and upper extremity deep vein thrombosis and was anticoagulated accordingly. He later presented with massive bilateral pulmonary embolism. Sciendo 2021-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8519376/ /pubmed/34722906 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0001 Text en © 2021 Sofia Fernandes, Mariana Rodrigues, Catarina Barreiros, Hugo Côrte-Real, Ricardo Ferreira, Ângelo Nobre, published by Sciendo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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title_short An Incident of a Massive Pulmonary Embolism Following Acute Aortic Dissection. a Case Report
title_sort incident of a massive pulmonary embolism following acute aortic dissection. a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8519376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34722906
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0001
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