NORMAL ARTERIAL BLOOD-GAS IN A PATIENT WITH SADDLE PULMONARY-ARTERY EMBOLUS - DIAGNOSIS BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
MABEE SW MABEE CL PACHT ER
Citation
Sw. Mabee et al., NORMAL ARTERIAL BLOOD-GAS IN A PATIENT WITH SADDLE PULMONARY-ARTERY EMBOLUS - DIAGNOSIS BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Journal of the National Medical Association, 87(9), 1995, pp. 717-719
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of the National Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00279684
Volume
87
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
717 - 719
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-9684(1995)87:9<717:NABIAP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
This article describes a patient with a large, main pulmonary artery t hromboembolus with normal arterial blood gas results, including normal alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient. The diagnosis was established usin g transesophageal echocardiography and confirmed with pulmonary angiog raphy, The patient subsequently underwent anticoagulation and eventual ly was discharged without complications.