Successful Treatment of Massive Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy with Catheter-Directed Embolectomy

• Autores principales: Rachel D. Truong (Autor), Sarah Cheyney (Autor), Mai Vo (Autor), Joel Garcia (Autor), Neeraj N. Desai (Autor), Jacqueline Kropf (Autor), Hatem Hassanein (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Introduction Pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with approximately 10.5% of maternal deaths in the United States. Despite heightened awareness of its mortality potential, there islittle data available to guide its management in pregnancy. We present the case of a massive PE during gestation succe...