Successful surgical management of a neonate with a saddle pulmonary embolus.

De Blanche, Lorraine E; Schmitz, Michael L; Johnson, Charles E; Best, Thomas H; Drummond-Webb, Jonathan J · Ann Thorac Surg · 2004

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A female neonate presented with evidence of a massive ventilation-perfusion mismatch. She was subsequently found to have a saddle pulmonary embolus. The infant successfully underwent surgical pulmonary embolectomy.

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