PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yu Okubo
AU  - Hiroshi Hamakawa
AU  - Kazuhiro Minami
AU  - Ichiro Sakanoue
AU  - Yutaka Takahashi
TI  - Pulmonary artery stump thrombosis related to surgical cut procedure
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.PA1830
DP  - 2015 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - PA1830
VI  - 46
IP  - suppl 59
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/suppl_59/PA1830.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/suppl_59/PA1830.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2015 Sep 01; 46
AB  - Introduction: Pulmonary artery embolism (PE) are common postoperative complication, but in patients who received surgical cut in their pulmonary artery, turbulent flow gives rise to pulmonary artery thrombosis (PT).Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical features of PT.Methods: Medical records from Jan 1st, 2008 to Jan 1st, 2015 were retrospectively reviewed to detect PT cases. There were 13 patients, but 6 were excluded because 3 were sudden onset, 3 weren't examined proximal vein compressive lower-extremity ultrasound (CUS). The remaining 7, who seemed to develop PT rather than PE, were included.Results: View this table:7 casesThere were no symptoms related to PT. 6 received anticoagulant soon after PT was found, but 1(case7) received anticoagulant after PT progressed. There's no adverse event related to the therapy.Conclusion: All PT cases were asymptomatic, found accidentally,seemed to have no clinical significance. However, PT gradually developed in 1 case without anticoagulant, so PT might be treated if thrombus progresses.