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The patient developed cardiac arrest five minutes after arriving at the emergency department, and spontaneous circulation was restored after two minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Computed tomography scans of the brain, chest, and abdomen\u2013pelvis were obtained. The patient was diagnosed with a saccular aneurysm of the IVC measuring 8 \u00d7 11 cm, massive embolism of both pulmonary arteries, and cerebral infarction. An electroencephalogram, taken on the third day of hospitalization, suggested brain death, and the patient died on the eleventh day of hospitalization. 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