Key result
V-A-V ECMO successfully treats a patient with massive postpartum pulmonary embolism.
Why the study?
Pulmonary embolism during pregnancy is a serious condition that can cause life-threatening cardiorespiratory failure and cardiac arrest.
V-a-v ECMO may be a viable life-saving intervention for massive postpartum pulmonary embolism.
Raises awareness for rapid PE recognition during peripartum arrest; leaves open optimal management strategies pending higher-level evidence.
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a serious condition that occurs in 1 of 1000–3000 pregnancies (Sultan et al. 2013). It can cause life-threatening cardiorespiratory failure leading to cardiac arrest. In ...
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Balčiūnienė et al. (2020) studied this question. Veno-arterio-venous (v-a-v) ECMO was successfully utilized to treat a patient presenting with a massive postpartum pulmonary embolism.
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