Potential critical risks of pulmonary thromboembolism from an asymptomatic postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis: a case report

• Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Murata (Author), Yuki Yoshimoto (Author), Yoshiaki Shibano (Author), Koji Owada (Author), Masayuki Miyajima (Author), Soichi Nakamura (Author), Ryuji Yamauchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT) may cause maternal mortality by inducing pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). However, the prevalence, etiology, risk factors, prognosis, and optimal treatments for asymptomatic OVT during and after pregnancies are unclear, which therefore requires a hig...