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- Title
Emergent bedside real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with cardiac arrest following a caesarean section.
- Authors
Jeng Wei; Hou-Sheng Yang; Shen Kou Tsai; Hsiung, Ming C.; Chung-Yi Chang; Ching-Huei Ou; Yi Cheng Chang; Kuo Chen Lee; Sung-How Sue; Yi-Pen Chou
- Abstract
Post-caesarean pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with significant peri-operative morbidity and mortality. This report describes a case of sudden cardiac arrest 2 days post-caesarean due to massive PE diagnosed via bedside transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Recognition of the PE at the bifurcation of the right and left pulmonary arteries was achieved by real-time three-dimensional TEE, but not two-dimensional TEE. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was immediately established and emergent pulmonary thromboembolectomy was performed. The patient was discharged without residual deficits on Day 22 of hospitalization.
- Subjects
PULMONARY artery; CARDIAC arrest; CESAREAN section; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography; ETIOLOGY of diseases; PULMONARY embolism; DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
European Journal of Echocardiography, 2011, Vol 12, Issue 3, pE16
- ISSN
1525-2167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ejechocard/jeq161