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KMID : 0364020120450050323
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2012 Volume.45 No. 5 p.323 ~ p.325
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Successful Management of Pulmonary and Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Embolism from Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Shim Hun-Bo
Kim Wook-Sung
Kim Young-Wook
Yang Shin-Seok
Kim Duk-Kyung
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Pulmonary embolism, Cancer, Great vessels, Embolectomy
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