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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0121-0319</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicas UIS]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Medicas UIS]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0121-0319</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Industrial de Santander]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0121-03192017000100093</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18273/revmed.v30n1-2017009</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Embolectomía pulmonar quirúrgica en el manejo del tromboembolismo pulmonar agudo: reporte de caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Surgical pulmonary embolectomy for the management of acute pulmonary embolism: a case report]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Márquez-Bohórquez*]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diego Humberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Calderón-Herrera**]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jaime]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Industrial de Santander  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bucaramanga Santander]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Industrial de Santander  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bucaramanga Santander]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>93</fpage>
<lpage>97</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0121-03192017000100093&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0121-03192017000100093&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0121-03192017000100093&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  El tromboembolismo pulmonar es una patología que compromete la vida y requiere tratamiento inmediato. De esta manera, para obtener los mejores resultados debe existir un alto grado de sospecha clínica que permita realizar el diagnóstico de manera temprana. Su manejo es farmacológico con anticoagulación, pero en ciertas ocasiones requiere de tratamiento quirúrgico. El objetivo de este reporte de caso es describir las indicaciones actuales para embolectomía pulmonar quirúrgica en un paciente con tromboembolismo pulmonar.  Presentación del caso:  Se presenta un caso de una paciente con tromboembolismo pulmonar, inestabilidad hemodinámica y foramen oval permeable, en el cual se encontraba atrapado un trombo en silla de montar con extensión a las dos aurículas, quien fue tratada con embolectomía pulmonar quirúrgica. Posterior a la embolectomía pulmonar quirúrgica la paciente presentó un episodio de tromboembolismo pulmonar recurrente que fue manejado nuevamente con embolectomía quirúrgica previo a la implantación de un filtro de vena cava por vía percutánea. Su evolución fue satisfactoria permitiendo suspender el soporte ventilatorio y hemodinámico de manera temprana.  Conclusiones: La embolectomía pulmonar quirúrgica se mantiene vigente como manejo del tromboembolismo pulmonar en pacientes con inestabilidad hemodinámica que tienen contraindicación para trombolisis o en quiénes esta terapia ha fallado, así como en pacientes que tienen un trombo intracardíaco o en un foramen oval permeable. MÉD.UIS. 2017;30(1):93-7.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: The pulmonary embolism is a pathology that endangers life and it requires an immediate treatment. In order to get the best results there should be a high degree of clinical suspicion that allows us to make an early diagnosis. It requires a pharmacological treatment with anticoagulation but in certain cases there is necessary a surgical treatment. The objective of this case report is to describe the current indications for the surgical pulmonary embolectomy in a patient with pulmonary embolism.  Case Presentation:  This is the presentation of a case in a patient with pulmonary embolism, haemodynamic instability and a horse saddle thrombus located in a patent foramen ovale which was expanded on the both heart atriums. This patient was treated with surgical pulmonary embolectomy. Following the surgical pulmonary embolectomy the patient had a recurrent pulmonary embolism episode that was treated with the insertion of a percutaneous vena cava filter and a newly surgical pulmonary embolectomy. The patient had a satisfactory postoperative evolution with an early discontinuation of the ventilatory and haemodynamic support.  Conclusion: The surgical pulmonary embolectomy is still an applicable treatment for the pulmonary embolism in patients with haemodynamic instability, absolute contraindication to systemic thrombolytic therapy or failure to this therapy, patent foramen ovale and an intracardiac floating thrombus. mÉD.uIs. 2017;30(1):93-7.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Embolía Pulmonar]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Embolectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Foramen Oval Permeable]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Trombosis Venosa.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pulmonary embolism. Embolectomy. Foramen oval]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Patent. Venous thrombosis.]]></kwd>
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