Fatal Pulmonary Embolus After Uterine Artery Fibroid Embolisation

Journal Article · Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S00270-009-9589-4· OSTI ID:21429109

Hamoda, Haitham ^[1]; Tait, P ^[2]; Edmonds, D K ^[1]

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1. Queen Charlotte's Hospital (United Kingdom)
2. Hammersmith Hospital (United Kingdom)

We report a 44-year-old woman who developed a fatal pulmonary embolus after uterine artery fibroid embolisation (UAE). Bilateral UAE was carried out through a single right-femoral artery puncture. The largest fibroid in the anterior fundal wall measured 4.5 cm, and the largest fibroid in the posterior fundal wall measured 6 cm. The appearances after UAE were satisfactory, and the procedure was apparently uneventful. No immediate complications were noted. The patient developed sudden-onset shortness of breath and went into cardiac arrest 19 h after the procedure. Postmortem autopsy confirmed that the cause of a death was a pulmonary embolism. To our knowledge this is the first reported case in the United Kingdom in which death occurred from a pulmonary embolus after UAE.

• OSTI ID: 21429109
• Journal Information: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 32, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-009-9589-4; Copyright (c) 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); ISSN 0174-1551
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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