Management of massive pulmonary embolism using recombinant activated Factor VII
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Management of massive pulmonary embolism using recombinant activated Factor VII.
Massive pulmonary embolism with concomitant intracranial haemorrhage is a condition associated with high mortality. Emergency embolectomy is indicated in those cases in which medical treatment is not possible. The case of a 65-year-old woman with massive pulmonary embolism after cranial trauma with intracranial haemorrhage and two cardiac arrests prior to surgery is described. The patient suffe...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.03.018