The Application of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy

Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is frequently lethal complication because of acute irreversible pulmonary and cardiac failure. Several types of treatment modalities has been encountered including systemic and catheter thrombolysis, as well as, surgical and catheter embolectomy. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has sporadically been used in treating hemodynamic significant PE. We report a case presentation of a 54 year-old man who has developed massive PE after conventional coronary bypass surgery (CABG) which was supported by successful utilization of central veno-arterial ECMO with hemodynamic improvement.

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