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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1241-1242
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Report

Massive Endobronchial Hemorrhage After Pulmonary Embolectomy

Shinji Shimokawa, MD, Kagemitsu Uehara, MD, Hitoshi Toyohira, MD, Hideaki Saigenji, MD, Yukinori Moriyama, MD, Akira Taira, MD, Kenkichi Miyahara, MD

Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine and Shinkyo Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Accepted for publication September 21, 1995.

Massive endobronchial hemorrhage is a lethal complication in pulmonary embolectomy. We report a case of massive endobronchial hemorrhage occurring after successful restoration of pulmonary blood flow using cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with pulmonary embolism. Two possible causative factors of this complication are described.




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