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The heart surgery forum · Jun 2011
Case ReportsTemporary extracorporeal circulatory support and pulmonary embolectomy for catastrophic amniotic fluid embolism.
- Michael S Firstenberg, Erik Abel, Danielle Blais, Katja Turner, Mona Halim-Armanios, Galina Dimitrova, David Cohn, and Philip Samuels.
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Michael.firstenberg@osumc.edu
- Heart Surg Forum. 2011 Jun 1;14(3):E157-9.
AbstractAmniotic fluid embolism is usually a life-threatening complication of an otherwise healthy pregnancy. Medical management of the coagulopathy and cardiovascular collapse is challenging and is often unsuccessful. We present a case and advocate the use of temporary circulatory support and pulmonary embolectomy in what would otherwise have been a fatal scenario.
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