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Ann Thorac Surg 1976;22:296-302
© 1976 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pulmonary Embolism and Intracardiac Shunt

A Unique Indication for Operation

Allan L. Toole, M.D.*, Robert Lowman, M.D., Harold Stern, M.D.

Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Radiology, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Toole, 2 Church St S, Suite 515, New Haven, CT 06519.

Pulmonary embolism with right-to-left intracardiac shunt presents a special problem for the clinician. A review of the literature and 4 personal cases, all diagnosed antemortem, are presented. On the basis of this information certain conclusions are drawn, and we suggest the problem to be a unique indication for the consideration of surgical intervention.






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