Why the study?
Does thrombolysis improve return of spontaneous circulation in patients with cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary embolism?
Population
Patients with cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary embolism
Design
Review
Authors
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May support thrombolysis in PE-related arrest; hypothesis-generating pending randomized confirmation.
Does thrombolysis improve return of spontaneous circulation in patients with cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary embolism?
In patients with cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary embolism, thrombolysis should be attempted to achieve return of spontaneous circulation.
Kürkciyan et al. (2000) studied this question.
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