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Suffering From Chest Tightness And Breathlessness After Knee Surgery. Can It Be Bronchial Constriction?
My 54yr husband had a pe after knee surgery. He has stopped warfarin but is now suffering from chest tightness and breathless made worse on exercise he had blood test and Cray which ruled out further or he has had a cardio scan and stress test awaiting results but both really worried I have read about bronchial constriction any advice
Sat, 8 Mar 2014
Dear sir/madam, he had pulmonary embolism after knee surgery. He should be on anticoagulation ( warfarin ) with maintaing INR blood test around 2.o - 3.0. But he had stopped it. So chances of recurrence of Pulmonary embolism is high as he is having symptoms. Better consult cardiologist and get evaluated. If cardiologist also feels same then u might need Pulmonary angiogram too rule out pulmonary embolism. Hope u find this informative.
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