The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 23, 371-373, Copyright © 1977 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Teflon embolization to pulmonary arteries
J Weingarten and SL Kauffman
A previously unreported complication of cardiac surgery, embolization to
the lungs from Teflon pledgets, is presented. The pathological changes
found in the pulmonary arteries postmortem are described and their possible
clinical significance is discussed. Properties inherent in Teflon are
implication in the origin of the embolization.