Paradoxical worsening of shock after the use of a percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy device in a postpartum patient with a massive pulmonary embolism

Chest. 2007 Aug;132(2):677-9. doi: 10.1378/chest.06-1082.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Disease Progression
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Postpartum Period*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Embolism / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Shock, Surgical / etiology*
  • Thrombectomy / adverse effects*
  • Thrombectomy / instrumentation