• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · May 2012

    Case Reports

    Successful thrombolysis of major pulmonary embolism 5 days after lobectomy.

    • Jens Eckardt and Peter B Licht.
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. jens.eckardt@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 May 1;14(5):660-1.

    AbstractAggressive intravenous thrombolysis of pulmonary emboli after major thoracic surgery has rarely been reported and is controversial because of an assumed risk of fatal bleeding. We report a 62-year old female who underwent left upper lobectomy. Her postoperative course was complicated with symptomatic pulmonary embolism and on postoperative day 5 she was successfully treated with intravenous thrombolysis using alteplase (Actilyse(®)) without signs of bleeding. She was discharged from the hospital 12 days postoperatively.

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