Key result
Surgical embolectomy and placement of an inferior vena cava filter successfully treated a massive pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest in a 35-year-old postpartum patient, leading to full recovery.
Population
35-year-old woman who suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after an uneventful cesarean-section delivery at 35…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
9 days postoperatively
Authors
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May support surgical embolectomy when thrombolysis contraindicated postpartum; hypothesis-generating from single case report.
Case Report (n=1)
Surgical embolectomy can be a successful, life-saving intervention for massive pulmonary embolism with cardiac arrest in the immediate postpartum period when thrombolytic therapy is contraindicated.
Kathleen Shaughnessy (2007) conducted a case report in Massive pulmonary embolism (n=1). Surgical embolectomy and IVC filter placement was evaluated on Survival and neurological recovery. Surgical embolectomy and placement of an inferior vena cava filter successfully treated a massive pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest in a 35-year-old postpartum patient, leading to full recovery.
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