Management of massive pulmonary hemorrhage following pulmonary endarterectomy

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Feb;62(1):89-91. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1324711. Epub 2012 Dec 3.

Abstract

Massive pulmonary hemorrhage is a potentially fatal complication of pulmonary endarterectomy. We describe a successful management in which the patient's right lower lobe bronchus was occluded with a Fogarty balloon catheter while on peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Balloon Occlusion* / instrumentation
  • Endarterectomy / adverse effects*
  • Equipment Design
  • Extracorporeal Circulation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery*
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / complications
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Embolism / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / surgery*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Access Devices