MASSIVE HEMOPTYSIS COMPLICATING PROSTHETIC PATCH PULMONARY-EMBOLISM AFTER ATRIAL SEPTAL-DEFECT REPAIR

Authors
HARO M RUIZ J RIBAS J MAESTRE J PEREZPITEIRA J MORERA J
Citation
M. Haro et al., MASSIVE HEMOPTYSIS COMPLICATING PROSTHETIC PATCH PULMONARY-EMBOLISM AFTER ATRIAL SEPTAL-DEFECT REPAIR, Thorax, 50(8), 1995, pp. 911-912
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Thorax → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406376
Volume
50
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
911 - 912
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6376(1995)50:8<911:MHCPPP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A case is presented of a 43 year old woman with massive haemotypsis se condary to non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism complicating atrial septa l defect repair with a prosthetic patch. Non-thrombotic embolus must b e considered in the differential diagnosis of massive haemoptysis.