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Table 2 Treatment for thrombus in the pulmonary vein stump and outcomes of reported cases

From: Recurrent cerebral attack caused by thrombosis in the pulmonary vein stump in a patient with left upper lobectomy on anticoagulant therapy: case report and literature review

Treatment

No. of patients

Thrombus after treatment (n)

Systemic thrombosis after treatment

Anticoagulation therapy

24

Disappeared (17), decreased in size (1), ND (6)

None (24)

Surgically removed

2

Disappeared (2)

None (2)

Observation

1

Disappeared (1)

None (1)

Died before treatment

1

  

ND

3

  
  1. ND not described