Fig. 5

Summary of post-hospitalization progress. a Rapid increase in D-dimer and fibrin degradation products (FDP) from the postoperative period to the day of pulmonary embolism (PE) onset. b After the onset of PE, management was continued with heparin using the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) as an indicator. The patient was also changed to a direct oral anticoagulant 13 days after the initial surgery. ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, PT-INR: prothrombin time-international normalized ratio