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SADDLE PULMONARY EMBOLISM: A RARE CASE OF PROXIMAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Journal: International Journal of Advanced Research (Vol.12, No. 02)

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Page : 566-568

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Abstract

Saddle pulmonary embolism is defined as the presence of a visible thrombus located at the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery trunkshowing an aspect of saddle on a chest contrasted tomography scan. This is a rare case occurring in only 5.2% of patients with pulmonary embolism. (1)We report the case of a 93-year-old female patient who had no thrombo-embolic past medical history, she had got the gall bladder operation 25 years ago. The patient was admitted for a dyspnea associated with a chest pain and desaturation related to a pulmonary embolism confirmed on a chest contrasted tomography scan that has shown a typical aspect of saddle pulmonary embolism. Our patient was stable on hemodynamic state and had a high intermediate prognostic risk score. She was managed at the cardiac intensive care unit with anticoagulation that improved her clinically.

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