Key result
TEE-guided administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator successfully dissolved a massive intraoperative pulmonary embolism and restored normal ventricular function in a 61-year-old woman.
Case Report (n=1)
This case demonstrates the life-saving utility of transesophageal echocardiography for the rapid diagnosis and targeted thrombolytic treatment of sudden unexplained intraoperative cardiovascular collapse due to massive pulmonary embolism.
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May support TEE-guided thrombolysis for intraoperative massive PE; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Pharo et al. (1995) conducted a case report in Catastrophic Intraoperative Pulmonary Embolism (n=1). Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) guided recombinant tissue plasminogen activator was evaluated on Dissolution of thrombus and reestablishment of normal ventricular function. TEE-guided administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator successfully dissolved a massive intraoperative pulmonary embolism and restored normal ventricular function in a 61-year-old woman.
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