Cardiogenic shock due to pulmonary thromboembolism: the role of surgical thrombectomy

Consuelo Orihuela, Department of Cardiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Rosa Tzompantzi-Flores, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Beneficiencia Española de Puebla; School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla. Mexico
José A. Hernández-Molina, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Miguel Ayala-León, Department of Cardiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

A 53-year-old male patient with history of repaired hernia, who is admitted for 5 days of progressive dyspnea with diagnosis of abdominal sepsis, a computed tomography angiography was made, revealing pulmonary embolism in bilateral main pulmonary artery, and cardiac thrombectomy was performed.

Keywords: Surgical thrombectomy. Paradoxical embolism. Right ventricle. Thrombus entrapped. Patent foramen ovale. Pulmonary embolism.