Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism with Left Atrial Thrombus via Atrial Septal Defect - A case report-

심방중격결손을 통해 좌심방으로 유입되어 있는 혈전을 동반한 급성 폐동맥 혈전색전증의 치험

  • 김시욱 (충남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 최재성 (충남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 유재현 (충남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 임승평 (충남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 이영 (충남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 나명훈 (충남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

Though acute pulmonary thromboembolism is usually managed medically with the use of thrombolytics or anticoagulants, an emergent life-saving surgery would be required. In a case of acute pulmonary thromboembolism with acute severe right heart failure and deferment of it could result in fatal outcomes in a short time. In addition, the mortality is raised considerably if it is combined with right heart thrombi. Despite paradoxical thromboembolism via patent foramen ovale was reported, few report might be presented, in which showed the thrombus in right atrium has traversed atrial septal defect into left atrium and left ventricle like this case as the evidence of paradoxical thromboembolism. We report a case of acute pulmonary thromboembolism with acute right heart failure arising from deep vein thrombosis, developed immediately after low anterior resection for colon cancer in a 63-year-old male, who was managed successfully by emergent thromboembolectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass.

급성 폐동맥 혈전색전증은 대부분 혈전용해제나 항응고제 등을 이용하여 내과적으로 치료하나, 폐동맥 혈전색전증에 의한 급성 우심실 부전이 발생하는 경우에는 신속히 수술을 하지 않으면, 단시간 내에 치명적인 결과를 가져올 수 있으며, 우심혈전이 동반되어 있는 경우 그 사망률은 훨씬 높아지고, 개방형 난원공을 통한 역리성 색전증(paradoxical embolism)이 보고되고 있다. 그러나 본 증례에서와 같이 우심방의 혈전이 심방중격결손을 통해 좌심방으로 유입되는 것이 관찰되는 예는 극히 드물다. 직장암으로 저위전방절제술을 받은 63세 남자 환자에서 수술 직후 심부정맥혈전증에 의해 생긴 우심실부전을 동반한 급성 페동맥 혈전색전증을 응급개심술을 통해 좋은 결과를 얻었기에 보고하는 바이다.

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