Ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a patient with massive pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest

Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Jun;6(3):e34-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.112.000255.

Authors

Simona Silvetti¹, Federico Pappalardo, Giulio Melisurgo, Teodora Nisi, Azeem Latib, Filippo Figini, Antonio Colombo

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care Cardiac Surgery, and Interventional Cardiology San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 23780298
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.112.000255

No abstract available

Keywords: ECMO; cardiac arrest; pulmonary embolism.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Heart Arrest / diagnosis
Heart Arrest / etiology
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
Pulmonary Embolism / therapy*
Thrombolytic Therapy / methods*
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonic Therapy*
Venous Thrombosis / complications
Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis