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.
Mortality related to cardiac arrest caused by PE is high. Echocardiography is supportive in determining PE as the cause of cardiac arrest. In view of the poor prognosis, thrombolysis should be attempted to achieve return of spontaneous circulation and probably better outcome.
Kürkciyan et al. (Mon,) studied this question.