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Fatal pulmonary embolus after uterine artery fibroid embolisation.
- Source :
- CardioVascular & Interventional Radiology; Sep2009, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p1080-1082, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- We report a 44-year-old woman who developed a fatal pulmonary embolus after uterine artery fibroid embolisation (UAE). Bilateral UAE was carried out through a single right-femoral artery puncture. The largest fibroid in the anterior fundal wall measured 4.5 cm, and the largest fibroid in the posterior fundal wall measured 6 cm. The appearances after UAE were satisfactory, and the procedure was apparently uneventful. No immediate complications were noted. The patient developed sudden-onset shortness of breath and went into cardiac arrest 19 h after the procedure. Postmortem autopsy confirmed that the cause of a death was a pulmonary embolism. To our knowledge this is the first reported case in the United Kingdom in which death occurred from a pulmonary embolus after UAE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01741551
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- CardioVascular & Interventional Radiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 105224415
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9589-4