Concomitant pulmonary embolism and aortic dissection: An approach to anticoagulation

The authors describe a case of a patient admitted with a pre-syncopal episode and precordial discomfort, and whose cardiac ultrasound performed in the Emergency Room was suggestive of Pulmonary Embolism. The patient was submitted to fibrinolytic therapy after cardiac arrest. The computerized tomogra...

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Main Authors: David Roque, Pedro Magno, Augusto Ministro, Miguel Santos, Marta de Sousa, João Augusto, Carlos Morais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S217420492030249X
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Summary:The authors describe a case of a patient admitted with a pre-syncopal episode and precordial discomfort, and whose cardiac ultrasound performed in the Emergency Room was suggestive of Pulmonary Embolism. The patient was submitted to fibrinolytic therapy after cardiac arrest. The computerized tomography done after this episode not only confirmed the presence of pulmonary embolism but had also shown a Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection. The option was to maintain the therapeutic anticoagulation, having the patient evolved favourably. Resumo: Os autores descrevem um caso de uma doente admitida após episódio pré-sincopal associado a precordialgia e cujo ecocardiograma sumário feito no Serviço de Urgência demonstrou alterações compatíveis com tromboembolismo pulmonar, tendo a doente sido submetida a terapêutica fibrinolítica, após episódio de paragem cardiorrespiratória. Na angiotomografia de tórax feita posteriormente para confirmação diagnóstica demonstra-se a presença não só de trombos no nível da artéria pulmonar, mas também de disseção da aorta Stanford B, tendo-se optado pela manutenção de anticoagulação terapêutica e a doente evoluído de forma favorável.
ISSN:2174-2049