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Successful recovery from a massive pulmonary artery tumor embolism occurring during surgery for renal cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
KOBAYASHI TAKASHI,
OGURA KEIJI,
NISHIZAWA KOJI,
MURANAKA HIROYUKI,
ONO HIROSHI,
ODA TEIJI,
MATSUMOTO YUMIKO,
IDE YOSHIHIRO
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00743.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary bypass , renal cell carcinoma , pulmonary embolism , thrombus , pulmonary artery , embolus , inferior vena cava , median sternotomy , vena cava , embolism , surgery , radiology , cardiology
We report herein on a case of renal cell carcinoma with retrohepatic inferior vena cava tumor thrombus in which intraoperative cardiac arrest from a massive pulmonary embolism was managed successfully with emergency sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass, followed by the removal of the primary site and pulmonary artery embolus.