A sudden death case after repeated pulmonary embolization of venous thrombi formed by the compression of the inferior vena cava by a horseshoe kidney

• Main Authors: Keiko Matsuno (Author), Hidenori Yoshizawa (Author), Keita Sakurai (Author), Yoshiteru Tamura (Author), Mikiko Matsumura (Author), Keiko Ohta-Ogo (Author), Kinta Hatakeyama (Author), Ken-ichi Yoshida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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We present the unexpected death of an elderly man who died from saddle thromboemboli in the pulmonary artery trunk and organized thrombi in the distal arteries in every lobe. The inferior vena cava was compressed between the horseshoe kidney and ossified spinal ligament, thereby generating fresh thr...