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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022

Seizure as the clinical presentation of massive pulmonary embolism: Case report and literature review.

Waiian Leong, Yueqi Zhang, Xinxiang Huang, Zhendong Luo, Yanli Wang, Timothy Hudson Rainer, Abraham K C Wai, Yi Huang

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Waiian LeongDepartment of Accident and Emergency, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Yueqi ZhangDepartment of Neurology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Xinxiang HuangDepartment of Accident and Emergency, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Zhendong LuoDepartment of Radiology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Yanli WangDepartment of Accident and Emergency, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Timothy Hudson RainerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Abraham K C WaiDepartment of Accident and Emergency, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Yi HuangDepartment of Accident and Emergency, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.

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Abstract

Massive pulmonary embolism (MPE) is a high-risk medical emergency. Seizure as the clinical presentation of MPE is extremely rare, and to our knowledge, there have been no reports on successful percutaneous, catheter-based treatment of MPE presenting with new-onset seizures and cardiac arrest. In this report, we discuss the case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with an episode of seizure that lasted 5 h. Seizure occurred four times within 12 h after arrival at the hospital, and in the end, she sustained a cardiac arrest. The patient had no past history of seizure or cardiopulmonary disease. Bilateral MPE was detected by a computed tomography pulmonary angiogram, and she was successfully treated with percutaneous, catheter-directed anticoagulant therapy. Pulmonary embolism-related seizures are more difficult to diagnose and have higher mortality rates than seizures. MPE should be suspected in patients presenting with new-onset seizures and hemodynamic instability.

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anticoagulant therapymassive pulmonary embolismpercutaneous catheter-directed treatmentseizuresurgical embolectomythromboembolic disease

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PMID36479099
PMCPMC9721361

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