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Case Reports
Treatment of massive pulmonary embolism utilizing a multidisciplinary approach: a case study.
- Kevin E Griffith, Eric Jenkins, and Jonathan Haft.
- Cardiovascular Perfusion Services, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5863, USA. kegriff@umich.edu
- Perfusion. 2009 May 1;24(3):169-72.
AbstractMassive pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated, historically, with a high mortality rate.Treatment options include systemic anticoagulation, catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy, surgical embolectomy, fragmentation techniques, and catheter embolectomy. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) repeatedly has demonstrated effectiveness in providing cardiopulmonary support for the patient with a massive PE too unstable to undergo thrombolysis or embolectomy. The present case study describes a morbidly obese patient, status post gastric bypass surgery, who presented with PE, and acute respiratory and cardiac failure. A description of the patient's management plan, which includes a simple, rapidly deployed ECMO system (Levitronix CentriMag And Jostra Quadrox D), systemic- and catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy and rheolytic thrombectomy (AngioJet Series 3000, Possis Medical, Minneapolis, MN).
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