Life-Threatening Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism Following Severe Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Maria Grazia De Gregorio, MD; Iacopo Olivotto, MD, PhD; Angela Migliorini, MD; Ruben Vergara, MD; Piergiovanni Buonamici, MD; Niccolò Marchionni, MD, PhD; Renato Valenti, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2019)

Life-Threatening Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism Following Severe Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Maria Grazia De Gregorio, MD,
Iacopo Olivotto, MD, PhD,
Angela Migliorini, MD,
Ruben Vergara, MD,
Piergiovanni Buonamici, MD,
Niccolò Marchionni, MD, PhD,
Renato Valenti, MD

Affiliations

Maria Grazia De Gregorio, MD: Cardiovascular Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
Iacopo Olivotto, MD, PhD: Cardiovascular Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
Angela Migliorini, MD: Cardiovascular Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
Ruben Vergara, MD: Cardiovascular Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
Piergiovanni Buonamici, MD: Cardiovascular Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
Niccolò Marchionni, MD, PhD: Cardiovascular Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
Renato Valenti, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Renato Valenti, Cardiovascular Department, Careggi University Hospital, Largo Brambilla 3, I-50134 Florence, Italy.; Cardiovascular Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 208 – 212

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A 57-year-old man admitted with severe carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning suffered life-threatening pulmonary embolism (PE) after hyperbaric oxygen therapy, in the absence of other risk factors for thromboembolism, and was successfully treated with thrombolysis. CO is a thrombophilic condition predisposing to PE and active surveillance is advisable. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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