title: Successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a patient with combined pulmonary and systemic embolisation.
abstract: We present a highly unusual case of massive pulmonary embolism with secondary paradoxical systemic embolisation that was successfully resuscitated with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This enabled subsequent successful bridging to pulmonary embolectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. chaobabish1212@yahoo.com.au
authors.forename: C-H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: D'Souza
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Qasabian
mesh_terms: D017128:Embolectomy; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery*