Normal arterial blood gas in a patient with saddle pulmonary artery embolus: diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.

Autor: Mabee SW; Department of Medicine, Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, USA., Mabee CL, Pacht ER
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the National Medical Association [J Natl Med Assoc] 1995 Sep; Vol. 87 (9), pp. 717-9.
Abstrakt: This article describes a patient with a large, main pulmonary artery thromboembolus with normal arterial blood gas results, including normal alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient. The diagnosis was established using transesophageal echocardiography and confirmed with pulmonary angiography. The patient subsequently underwent anticoagulation and eventually was discharged without complications.
Databáze: MEDLINE