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(Chest. 2000;117:594-597.)
© 2000 American College of Chest Physicians

Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism in a Jehovah’s Witness*

Successful Treatment With Catheter Thrombectomy

Howard S. Blaustein, MD; Israel Schur, MD and Janet M. Shapiro, MD

* From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Interventional Radiology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY.

Correspondence to: Janet M. Shapiro, MD, FCCP, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital MU 316, 1111 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025

A 71-year-old woman presented with an acute, massive pulmonary embolism. As a Jehovah’s Witness, she was not willing to accept thrombolysis because of the potential risk of bleeding requiring blood transfusion. The patient was successfully treated with catheter thrombectomy, using rheolytic and fragmentation devices.

(CHEST 2000; 117:594–597)

Key Words: catheter thrombectomy • Jehovah’s Witness • pulmonary embolism • thrombolysis




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