Massive Pulmonary Emboli in Children
| Autor: | Avigdor Mandelberg, Lior Sasson, Ilan Cohen, Raheli Sion, Sion Houri, Zeev Motti Eini, Akiva Tamir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Medical treatment medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Embolectomy Angioscopy Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Pulmonary embolism Pulmonary embolectomy Angiography medicine Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Pediatric population Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 143:544-549 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.11-2759 |
| Popis: | Massive pulmonary emboli is a rare disease in children, with only 39 reported cases in the last 50 years. Almost 50% of the patients died suddenly without receiving medical treatment. Most of the patients who were managed medically (70% of the treated patients) underwent surgical pulmonary embolectomy with 80% survival. Surgical pulmonary embolectomy is a blind procedure that can be improved by using intraoperative angioscopy. This technique was reported in adults with good results. In this article, we describe two pediatric patients who underwent fiber-optic-guided surgical pulmonary embolectomy. To our knowledge, this technique has never been reported in the pediatric population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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