Pulmoary Embolectomy.
Case Summary
- 63 year old woman admitted the hospital due to chest pain and shock.
- Her lab exam showed cardiac enzyme was normal, but D-dimer was elevated 10 mg/dL.
- On her chest CT, we found a huge thrombi in her main pulmonary artery and its tree.
- Her blood pressure was getting worse even after medication. We decided to open thrombectomy.