Kazuistiky

Emergency ECMO implantation during management of high-risk massive pulmonary embolism

Department of Cardiovascular surgery 1. LF UK and VFN, Prague, Czech Republic

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a cardiovascular emergency that can lead to a life-threatening right ventricular dysfunction when pulmonary artery is occluded. The presence of mobile right heart thrombi increases the morbidity and mortality rate and should be treated as a high-risk PE either by thrombolysis or by embolectomy. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a temporary circulation and oxygenation support provided by partial cardiopulmonary bypass.

Stáhnout PDF [937 kB]