Iranian Heart Association Iranian Heart Journal 20 1 2019 01 01 Acute Pulmonary Embolism During the Surgical Removal of a Right-Sided Heart Thrombus 60 63 82794 EN Masoud Tarbiat Clinical Research Development Unit of Farshchian Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Gholamreza Safarpoor Clinical Research Development Unit of Farshchian Hospital, Department of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Abbas Sedighinejad Anesthesiology Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences (GUMS), Rasht, IR Iran Vali Imantalab Anesthesiology Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences (GUMS), Rasht, IR Iran Journal Article 2019 02 16 The incidence of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is rare during surgery. It could, however, be<br />coincident with a right-sided heart thrombus (RHT). It is mandatory to remove an RHT as soon as<br />possible to avoid death. We report the case of acute pulmonary thromboembolism during the surgical<br />removal of an RHT in a 48-year-old woman with multiple comorbid medical conditions which was<br />treated successfully with surgical embolectomy. https://journal.iha.org.ir/article_82794_0224b1742c1d26f4b3db9ca0160e8d36.pdf