QuestionSBA
QuestionChoice
Yes, this is the correct route. In this way, a DVT may travel to the cardiopulmonary circulation and result in a pulmonary embolism.
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a
Popliteal vein, Femoral vein, External iliac, Common Iliac, IVC
QuestionChoice
No, this is not the correct answer. The femoral vein does not drain into the internal iliac vein, it drains into the external iliac.
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c
Popliteal vein, Femoral vein, Internal iliac, Common Iliac, IVC
QuestionChoice
No, this is not the correct route. The embolus would enter the right side of the heart via the IVC rather than the aorta.
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b
Femoral vein, External Iliac, Common, Iliac, Aorta
QuestionChoice
No, this is not the correct answer.
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d
Femoral vein, Internal Iliac, Common Iliac, IVC
QuestionChoice
No, this is not the correct answer.
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e
Popliteal vein, External Iliac, Common, Iliac, IVC
Concept
Chapter
2693
3724
Pulmonary Embolism
Topic
132
Respiratory
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A 32-year-old woman attends A&E with severe right-sided leg pain. She is usually fit and well, with no regular medication aside from the combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP). The right calf is visibly swollen in comparison to the left.

While awaiting D-dimer results, the patient begins to feel short of breath and reports pleuritic chest pain. A pulmonary embolism secondary to a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is suspected.

Which of the following routes may a DVT take to reach the cardiopulmonary circulation?
a