PROLONGED SURVIVAL AFTER MASSIVE PULMONARY-EMBOLISM IN A PATIENT WITHATRIAL SEPTAL-DEFECT AND MASS IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE

Unless thrombolytic or surgical therapy is rapidly available, massive pulmonary embolism in both pulmonary arteries invariably results in in stantaneous death. A patient is presented with congenital atrial septa l defect and right ventricular thrombus who developed extensive bilate ral pulmonary embolism with an apparently prolonged survival. The ante - and postmortem findings represent the unusual and interesting aspect s of this particular case.