Successful thrombolysis of major pulmonary embolism 5 days after lobectomy

Jens Eckardt; Peter B Licht

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivs002

Successful thrombolysis of major pulmonary embolism 5 days after lobectomy

Jens Eckardt, Peter B Licht

KI, OUH, Research unit of Cardiac, thoracic, and Vascular surgery (Odense)

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Abstract

Aggressive intravenous thrombolysis of pulmonary emboli after major thoracic surgery has rarely been reported and is controversial because of an assumed risk of fatal bleeding. We report a 62-year old female who underwent left upper lobectomy. Her postoperative course was complicated with symptomatic pulmonary embolism and on postoperative day 5 she was successfully treated with intravenous thrombolysis using alteplase (Actilyse(®)) without signs of bleeding. She was discharged from the hospital 12 days postoperatively.

Original language	English
Journal	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Volume	14
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	660-1
Number of pages	2
ISSN	1569-9293
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivs002
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Female
Fibrinolytic Agents
Humans
Middle Aged
Pneumonectomy
Pulmonary Embolism
Thrombolytic Therapy
Time Factors
Tissue Plasminogen Activator
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

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Successful thrombolysis of major pulmonary embolism 5 days after lobectomy

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