Pulmonary embolism - saddle (gross pathology)

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Autopsy of a patient who died from a massive pulmonary embolism.

The heart has been removed and the ascending aorta retracted. The pulmonary artery has been opened revealing a large saddle embolism extending into both left and right pulmonary arteries.

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