20Feb 2024

SADDLE PULMONARY EMBOLISM: A RARE CASE OF PROXIMAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM

  • Department of Cardiology IbnSina Health Care Center, University Mohammed-V of Rabat.
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Saddle pulmonary embolism is defined as the presence of a visible thrombus located at the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery trunkshowing an aspect of saddle on a chest contrasted tomography scan. This is a rare case occurring in only 5.2% of patients with pulmonary embolism. (1)We report the case of a 93-year-old female patient who had no thrombo-embolic past medical history, she had got the gall bladder operation 25 years ago. The patient was admitted for a dyspnea associated with a chest pain and desaturation related to a pulmonary embolism confirmed on a chest contrasted tomography scan that has shown a typical aspect of saddle pulmonary embolism. Our patient was stable on hemodynamic state and had a high intermediate prognostic risk score. She was managed at the cardiac intensive care unit with anticoagulation that improved her clinically. 


[Hamissou Ibrahim, Nacocan Domiciano, Amri Rachida and Cherti Mohammed (2024); SADDLE PULMONARY EMBOLISM: A RARE CASE OF PROXIMAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM Int. J. of Adv. Res. (Feb). 566-568] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


HAMISSOU Ibrahim
Department of CardiologyibnSina Health Care Center, University Mohammed-V of Rabat

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/18332      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/18332