Massive Acute Pulmonary Embolism in A Pregnant Patient Who Underwent Thrombolytic Treatment in Emergency Service

A Pregnant Woman with Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism.

UNLABELLED A 30-year-old pregnant woman who suffered from massive pulmonary embolism presented in an unstable hemodynamic status. Angiojet catheter embolectomy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) were performed, which caused the patient's condition to improve. Use of ECMO was continued during the weaning program, but the patient died of intracranial hemorrhage, a complication of ECMO...

McConnell Sign in a Patient with Massive Acute Pulmonary Embolism

A 48-year-old female was admitted after experiencing a brief syncopal episode. Three weeks ago the patient sustained a right arm humerus bone fracture in a motor vehicle accident. Since the accident, her mobility has been limited. CT angiogram of the chest revealed massive bilateral pulmonary emboli. A 2D echocardiogram was performed, which demonstrated McConnell sign and severe right ventricle...

Thrombolytic treatment (alteplase; rt-Pa) in acute massive pulmonary embolism and cardiopulmonary arrest

Patients with pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) often decompensate suddenly, and once hemodynamic compromise has developed, mortality is extremely high. Currently, thrombolytic therapy for PE is still controversial. We retrospectively evaluated 34 patients with PE between January 2010 and December 2013 in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical Park Samsun Hospital, Samsun, Turkey. The demog...

Thrombolytic treatment of pulmonary embolism.

outcome of sub-massive pulmonary thromboemboli in patients who received thrombolytic and or non-thrombolytic therapy

background thrombolytic therapy in patients with sub-massive pulmonary embolism (smpte) needs further assessment. objectives the current study aimed to assess a potential benefit of thrombolytic and non-thrombolytic therapy in patients with smpte. patients and methods one hundred-nineteen patients were enrolled with smpte from 2006 to 2010 in the tertiary care center of rajaie medical and resea...