| Breathless female patient claiming to be 8 months pregnant: what to expect. | |
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PMID: 19995802 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The authors present a 45-year-old female patient with symptoms of chronic right ventricular failure, which were interpreted by the patient as signs of pregnancy. Sudden deterioration of clinical status, which occurred after 8 months, prompted the patient to consult a physician. Transthoracic echocardiographic examination disclosed a massive saddle pulmonary embolism with severe right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension. The patient did not consent to proposed surgical treatment. Because of clinical and hemodynamic instability the thrombolytic therapy was introduced. The control echocardiographic examination showed only minimal reduction of thrombus size. The patient died 2 days later. |
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Authors:
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Piotr Lipiec; Jaroslaw D Kasprzak |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Date: 2009-12-07 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology Volume: 11 ISSN: 1532-2114 ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Echocardiogr Publication Date: 2010 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-03 Completed Date: 2010-08-10 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100890618 Medline TA: Eur J Echocardiogr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: E15 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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2nd Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Łódź, Kniaziewicza 1/5, 91-347 Łódź, Poland. lipiec@ptkardio.pl |
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Female Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology* Middle Aged Pregnancy / psychology* Pulmonary Embolism / complications, diagnosis*, drug therapy |
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