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Life-Threatening Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism Following Severe Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Authors :
Maria Grazia De Gregorio, MD
Iacopo Olivotto, MD, PhD
Angela Migliorini, MD
Ruben Vergara, MD
Piergiovanni Buonamici, MD
Niccolò Marchionni, MD, PhD
Renato Valenti, MD
Source :
JACC: Case Reports, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 208-212 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2019.

Abstract

A 57-year-old man admitted with severe carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning suffered life-threatening pulmonary embolism (PE) after hyperbaric oxygen therapy, in the absence of other risk factors for thromboembolism, and was successfully treated with thrombolysis. CO is a thrombophilic condition predisposing to PE and active surveillance is advisable. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26660849
Volume :
1
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
JACC: Case Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3928274c2d43938b9ca92f7f12985c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.05.024