Circulatory support with venovenous ECMO in a patient with reperfusion pulmonary edema after pulmonary artery thromboendarterectomy

We present the case of a 60-year-old woman with a history of acute pulmonary embolism due to deep vein thrombosis of the right pelvic limb who was diagnosed later with CTEPH who was admitted for scheduled surgical treatment involving bilateral PTE. However, during the immediate postoperative period, she developed cardiogenic shock and refractory hypoxemia secondary to pulmonary reperfusion syndrome following the surgical procedure. As a result, she required veno-venous ECMO circulatory support for 6 days, leading to resolution of the pulmonary condition and clinical improvement.PMID:38359441 | DOI:10.24875/ACM.23000142

Source: Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico - February 15, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Emmanuel A Lazcano-D íaz Uriel Encarnaci ón-Martínez Cristhian J Gayt án-García Daniel Manzur-Sandoval Francisco J Gonz ález-Ruiz Edgar Garc ía-Cruz Ángel Ramos-Enríquez Luis E Santos-Mart ínez Luis A Cota-Apodaca Benjam ín I Hernández-Mejía Source Type: research