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01-01-2014 | Case Report

Successful percutaneous thrombectomy in an elderly patient with massive pulmonary embolism with cardiogenic shock

Authors: Yohei Numasawa, Hiroyuki Motoda, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Toshiki Kuno, Osamu Hashimoto, Toshiyuki Takahashi

Published in: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics | Issue 1/2014

Abstract

We report on an 80-year-old woman with cardiogenic shock due to massive pulmonary embolism who was successfully treated with percutaneous thrombectomy using a conventional angiographic guide wire and catheters combined with systemic thrombolysis. We successfully treated the patient without a ventilator or extracorporeal life support. We report that percutaneous thrombectomy can provide rapid improvement of hemodynamic instability and can be used as an effective adjuvant therapy for systemic thrombolysis in patients with massive pulmonary embolism. Percutaneous thrombectomy is a less invasive and reasonable alternative to surgical embolectomy for patients with massive pulmonary embolism with cardiogenic shock.

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Title: Successful percutaneous thrombectomy in an elderly patient with massive pulmonary embolism with cardiogenic shock
Authors: Yohei Numasawa
Hiroyuki Motoda
Hiroyuki Yamazaki
Toshiki Kuno
Osamu Hashimoto
Toshiyuki Takahashi
Publication date: 01-01-2014
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1868-4300
Electronic ISSN: 1868-4297
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12928-013-0194-8

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