Open AccessCase of Pulmonary Embolism
Author(s) -
Shogo Egashira,
Yusuke Yamamoto,
Yoshitaka Doi,
Osamu Nakagaki,
Shunichi Matsumoto
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.99.15.e6
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , general hospital , radiology , urokinase , nuclear medicine , general surgery , surgery
A65-year-old man was admitted with a pulmonary embolism. He complained of progressive exertional dyspnea followed by thrombophlebitis of his left lower limb for several weeks before admission. Venography showed multiple thrombi in the varicose left small saphenous vein. A pulmonary perfusion scintigram revealed multiple perfusion defects in both lungs; the ventilation scintigram was normal. The patient was placed on heparin 20 000 …
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