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17144599

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
An 88-year-old woman developed an acute massive pulmonary embolism after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. She experienced dyspnea while walking on the sixth day after operation. Her chest radiograph showed pleural effusion. Initially, she was treated for heart failure due to bypass graft occlusion. A repeat echocardiogram revealed enlargement of the right ventricle. Multislice computed tomography showed a massive embolus in the pulmonary artery. Surgical embolectomy was performed, and her postoperative course was easy. Recently, the incidence of pulmonary embolism in Japanese people has been rising. In addition, widespread implementation of off-pump coronary artery bypass compromises the protective effect against pulmonary embolus after cardiac surgery. Although the incidence of pulmonary embolism after coronary artery bypass surgery is still low in Japan in comparison to that in Western countries, prophylaxis against pulmonary embolism after off-pump coronary artery surgery is becoming more important.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1344-4964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
486-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Massive pulmonary embolism after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyohashi Heart Center, 21-1 Gobudori, Oyama-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8530, Japan. hashimoto@heart-center.or.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports