Massive pulmonary embolism

Edward S. Klofas

doi:10.1016/0735-6757(89)90281-7

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Massive pulmonary embolism

Edward S. Klofas, MD

Emergency Department, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA USA.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0735-6757(89)90281-7

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Abstract

An otherwise healthy 48-year-old woman presented in respiratory extremis from massive pulmonary embolism and promptly arrested. She underwent open-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation followed by portable partial cardiopulmonary bypass and embolectomy but could not be resuscitated. Massive pulmonary embolism is frequently a desperate situation, but aggressive therapy with thrombolysis or embolectomy (in patients with contraindications to thrombolysis) may be lifesaving.

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Massive pulmonary embolism, thrombolytic therapy, pulmonary embolectomy

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