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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of patients with thrombosis in the PVS after LUL

From: Chest radiotherapy after left upper lobectomy may be a risk factor for thrombosis in the pulmonary vein stump

Case number

Sex

Age, (years)

Intervala (days)

Intervalb (days)

Detected by the first postoperative chest CECT

Postoperative chest RT

Postoperative AF

Follow-up of thrombus

Case 1

M

70

12

N/A

Yes

No

No

Anti-coagulate drug/ disappeared

Case 2

F

72

14

N/A

Yes

No

No

No treatment/disappeared

Case 3

M

64

365

310

No

Mediastinal RT (60 Gy)

No

No treatment/became smaller

Case 4

M

75

976

154

No

Right lung RT (45 Gy)

Yes

Anti-coagulate drug/disappeared

Case 5

M

63

1127

688

No

Mediastinal RT (60 Gy)

Yes

No treatment/disappeared

  1. PVS pulmonary vein stump, LUL left upper lobectomy, Gy gray, CECT chest contrast-enhanced computed tomography, RT radiotherapy, AF atrial fibrillation
  2. aTime from left upper lobectomy to the first detection of thrombosis in the PVS
  3. bTime from the start of postoperative chest radiotherapy to the first detection of thrombosis in the PVS