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<p>Acute aortic dissection and acute pulmonary embolism are two life-threatening emergencies. The presented case is of an 81-year-old man who has been diagnosed with an acute Stanford type A aortic dissection and referred to a tertiary hospital for surgical treatment. After a successful aortic repair and an overall favourable postoperative recovery, he was diagnosed with cervical and upper extremity deep vein thrombosis and was anticoagulated accordingly. He later presented with massive bilateral pulmonary embolism.</p></abstract>

Acute aortic dissection and acute pulmonary embolism are two life-threatening emergencies. The presented case is of an 81-year-old man who has been diagnosed with an acute Stanford type A aortic dissection and referred to a tertiary hospital for surgical treatment. After a successful aortic repair and an overall favourable postoperative recovery, he was diagnosed with cervical and upper extremity deep vein thrombosis and was anticoagulated accordingly. He later presented with massive bilateral pulmonary embolism.

An Incident of a Massive Pulmonary Embolism following Acute Aortic Dissection. A Case Report

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine

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Acute aortic dissection and acute pulmonary embolism are two life-threatening emergencies. The presented case is of an 81-year-old man who has been diagnosed...

An Incident of a Massive Pulmonary Embolism following Acute Aortic Dissection. A Case Report

Article Category: Case Report

Publié en ligne: 29 janv. 2021

Pages: 67 - 72

Reçu: 14 sept. 2020

Accepté: 29 déc. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0001

Mots clés
aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, anticoagulation

© 2021 Sofia Fernandes, Mariana Rodrigues, Catarina Barreiros, Hugo Côrte-Real, Ricardo Ferreira, Ângelo Nobre, published by Sciendo

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An Incident of a Massive Pulmonary Embolism following Acute Aortic Dissection. A Case Report

Article Category: Case Report

Publié en ligne: 29 janv. 2021

Pages: 67 - 72

Reçu: 14 sept. 2020

Accepté: 29 déc. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0001

Mots clésaortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, anticoagulation

© 2021 Sofia Fernandes, Mariana Rodrigues, Catarina Barreiros, Hugo Côrte-Real, Ricardo Ferreira, Ângelo Nobre, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

Mots clés
aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, anticoagulation