Massive pulmonary embolism similar to acute myocardial infarction rescued by ECMO: a case report

VernacularTitle:ECMO用于救治类急性心肌梗死的大面积肺栓塞1例
Author: Wenqing GAO ¹ ; Tong LI ; Xiaomin HU ; Dawei DUAN ; Peng WU ; Yue ZHAO ; Meng NING
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1. 300170,天津市第三中心医院心脏中心
Keywords: Pulmonary embolism; Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiac arrest; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
From: Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2017;29(10):943-945
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and acute massive pulmonary embolism can be characterized by no pulse electrical activity. Patients of cardiac arrest (CA) with no pulse electrical activity have a high mortality rate before the cause was corrected. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), as a kind of artificial heart-lung support organ, provides treatment for CA patients. A case of massive pulmonary embolism similar to AMI was treated in the Third Central Hospital of Tianjin, who received interventional thrombolysis assisted by ECMO. Through the review of the overall development of the case, we aim to broaden the diagnosis and treatment of CA patients with no pulse electrical activity, and to improve the understanding of the complications secondary to ECMO.