Contralateral Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Pulmonary Artery Stump Thrombosis After Pneumonectomy Wakana Sato, MD, Hiroyuki Watanabe, MD, PhD, Teruki Sato, MD, Kenji Iino, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Sato, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Ito, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 5, Pages 1797-1798 (May 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.102 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Transthoracic echocardiograph showing (A) a thrombus in the left pulmonary artery stump (arrow) and (B) disappearance of the thrombus 3 days after anticoagulant therapy was started. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1797-1798DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.102) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of the chest showing (A) a filling defect in the left pulmonary artery stump (arrow) and also (B) a filling defect in the contralateral right pulmonary artery (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 1797-1798DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.102) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions