Abstract
Pulmonary tumor embolism can be a cause of respiratory failure in patients with cancer even though it occurs rarely. We describe a 56-year-old man who underwent a pulmonary tumor embolectomy using cardiopulmonary bypass on beating heart combined with inferior vena cava embolectomy and right radical nephrectomy. Aggressive surgical treatment in this severe case is necessary not only to reduce the fatal outcome of pulmonary embolism in the short run, but also to improve the oncological prognosis in the long term.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 323-325 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Cancer
- Embolectomy
- Great vessels
- Pulmonary embolism
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