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KMID : 0364019960290050569
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1996 Volume.29 No. 5 p.569 ~ p.572
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Pulmonary Thromboendanterectomy of Chronic Pumonary Thromboembolism -A case Report-
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신윤철
지현근/이창하/김기봉/유철규
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Abstract
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A sixty nine-year-old male patient was admitted with a chief complaint of exertional dyspnea. Lung perfusion scan revealed total perfusion defect of the of left lung and CT angiography showed the abrupt cutoff left pulmonary artery. He denied of
trauma
history, previous lower leg symptom and sign, or any embolic history. With the impression of chronic pulmonary thromboembolism of unknown etiology, operation was done under the cardiopulmonary bypass through a median sternotomy. After main
pulmonary
artery clamping and pulmonary arteriotomy, thromboembolectomy was done. Postoperative lung perfusion scan and CT angiography showed near normal left pulmonary blood flow. The patient was discharged on the postoperative 9th day without any
postoperative
complication.
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