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

Hiroyuki Kamiya; Hug Aubin; Payam Akhyari; Roland Walz; Diyar Saeed; Detlef Miles-Kindgen; Artur Lichtenberg

doi:10.1007/s11748-013-0338-x

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

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Dec;63(12):664-6. doi: 10.1007/s11748-013-0338-x. Epub 2013 Nov 9.

Authors

Hiroyuki Kamiya¹, Hug Aubin², Payam Akhyari², Roland Walz³, Diyar Saeed², Detlef Miles-Kindgen³, Artur Lichtenberg²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany. hkamiya88@yahoo.co.jp.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Duesseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.

PMID: 24214372
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-013-0338-x

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.

Keywords: Extracorporeal life support; Fulminant pulmonary embolism; Thrombolytic thrapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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