Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme
Pulmonary emboli are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with brain tumors. Treatment options are limited in these complex patients. We report a case of successful acute pulmonary embolectomy in a patient with an advanced brain cancer.
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| author | Michael S. Firstenberg Danielle Blais Erik Abel Herbert B. Newton Juan Crestanello |
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| description | Pulmonary emboli are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with brain tumors. Treatment options are limited in these complex patients. We report a case of successful acute pulmonary embolectomy in a patient with an advanced brain cancer. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-785426b775604f4499dc2791e0a8a3872025-02-03T01:02:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/862028862028Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma MultiformeMichael S. Firstenberg0Danielle Blais1Erik Abel2Herbert B. Newton3Juan Crestanello4Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, N817 Doan Hall, 410 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USADivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, N817 Doan Hall, 410 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USADivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, N817 Doan Hall, 410 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USADepartments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, OSUMC, M410-B Starling-Loving Hall, 320 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USADivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, N817 Doan Hall, 410 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USAPulmonary emboli are frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with brain tumors. Treatment options are limited in these complex patients. We report a case of successful acute pulmonary embolectomy in a patient with an advanced brain cancer.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/862028 |
| spellingShingle | Michael S. Firstenberg Danielle Blais Erik Abel Herbert B. Newton Juan Crestanello Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme |
| title_full | Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme |
| title_fullStr | Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme |
| title_short | Emergent Pulmonary Embolectomy and Advanced Glioblastoma Multiforme |
| title_sort | emergent pulmonary embolectomy and advanced glioblastoma multiforme |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/862028 |
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