Concomitant Deep Venous Thrombosis, Femoral Artery Thrombosis, and Pulmonary Embolism after Air Travel
The association between air travel and deep venous thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism “economy-class syndrome” is well described. However, this syndrome does not describe any association between long duration travel and arterial thrombosis or coexistence of venous and arterial thrombosis. We prese...
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| author | Salim Abunnaja Marshall Clyde Andrea Cuviello Robert A. Brenes Giuseppe Tripodi |
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| description | The association between air travel and deep venous thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism “economy-class syndrome” is well described. However, this syndrome does not describe any association between long duration travel and arterial thrombosis or coexistence of venous and arterial thrombosis. We present a case of concomitant deep venous thrombosis, acute femoral artery thrombosis, and bilateral pulmonary embolisms in a patient following commercial air travel. Echocardiogram did not reveal an intracardiac shunt that may have contributed to the acute arterial occlusion from a paradoxical embolus. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature that associates air traveling with both arterial and venous thrombosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aee26edeaebb44078c28975570abd2ca2025-02-03T01:24:18ZengWileyCase Reports in Vascular Medicine2090-69862090-69942014-01-01201410.1155/2014/174147174147Concomitant Deep Venous Thrombosis, Femoral Artery Thrombosis, and Pulmonary Embolism after Air TravelSalim Abunnaja0Marshall Clyde1Andrea Cuviello2Robert A. Brenes3Giuseppe Tripodi4The Stanley J. Dudrick Department of Surgery, Saint Mary’s Hospital, 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, CT 06706, USAThe Stanley J. Dudrick Department of Surgery, Saint Mary’s Hospital, 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, CT 06706, USAThe Stanley J. Dudrick Department of Surgery, Saint Mary’s Hospital, 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, CT 06706, USAThe Stanley J. Dudrick Department of Surgery, Saint Mary’s Hospital, 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, CT 06706, USAThe Stanley J. Dudrick Department of Surgery, Saint Mary’s Hospital, 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, CT 06706, USAThe association between air travel and deep venous thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism “economy-class syndrome” is well described. However, this syndrome does not describe any association between long duration travel and arterial thrombosis or coexistence of venous and arterial thrombosis. We present a case of concomitant deep venous thrombosis, acute femoral artery thrombosis, and bilateral pulmonary embolisms in a patient following commercial air travel. Echocardiogram did not reveal an intracardiac shunt that may have contributed to the acute arterial occlusion from a paradoxical embolus. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature that associates air traveling with both arterial and venous thrombosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/174147 |
| spellingShingle | Salim Abunnaja Marshall Clyde Andrea Cuviello Robert A. Brenes Giuseppe Tripodi Concomitant Deep Venous Thrombosis, Femoral Artery Thrombosis, and Pulmonary Embolism after Air Travel Case Reports in Vascular Medicine |
| title | Concomitant Deep Venous Thrombosis, Femoral Artery Thrombosis, and Pulmonary Embolism after Air Travel |
| title_full | Concomitant Deep Venous Thrombosis, Femoral Artery Thrombosis, and Pulmonary Embolism after Air Travel |
| title_fullStr | Concomitant Deep Venous Thrombosis, Femoral Artery Thrombosis, and Pulmonary Embolism after Air Travel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Concomitant Deep Venous Thrombosis, Femoral Artery Thrombosis, and Pulmonary Embolism after Air Travel |
| title_short | Concomitant Deep Venous Thrombosis, Femoral Artery Thrombosis, and Pulmonary Embolism after Air Travel |
| title_sort | concomitant deep venous thrombosis femoral artery thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after air travel |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/174147 |
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