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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Aggressive emergency interventional management in a case of intraoperative massive pulmonary embolism
Shishir K Roul, Shubhranshu Kumar, Muni Venkatesa Reddy, Saurabh Ajit Deshpande
Department of CTVS (Medicine), Jagjivan Ram Western Railway Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Saurabh Ajit Deshpande
Department of CVTS, Jagjivan Ram Railway Hospital, M M Marg, RBI Staff Colony, Mumbai Central, Mumbai - 400 008, Maharashtra State
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/JICC.JICC_53_19
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Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is commonly associated with trauma-related orthopedic procedures (63% or even higher). Massive PE in this setting requires meticulous treatment decisions to reduce bleeding risk. We hereby present such a case where we successfully used a combination of fibrinolysis and catheter-directed fragmentation and multidisciplinary approach for intraoperative massive PE.
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