Successful treatment of fulminant pulmonary embolism with extracorporeal life support and simultaneous systemic thrombolytic therapy after 1 h of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Abstract

Here we describe a patient with a fulminant pulmonary embolism, who has been successfully treated with an extracorporeal life support system and simultaneous systemic thrombolytic therapy after 1 h of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

• Authors: Hiroyuki Kamiya, Hug Aubin, Payam Akhyari, Roland Walz, Diyar Saeed, Detlef Miles-Kindgen, Artur Lichtenberg
• Journal: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg) Vol. 63 Issue 12 Pg. 664-6 (Dec 2015) ISSN: 1863-6713 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 24214372 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (methods)
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Extracorporeal Circulation (methods)
• Female
• Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
• Humans
• Postoperative Complications (therapy)
• Pulmonary Embolism (therapy)
• Thrombolytic Therapy (methods)
• Time Factors