title: Management of massive pulmonary hemorrhage following pulmonary endarterectomy.
abstract: Massive pulmonary hemorrhage is a potentially fatal complication of pulmonary endarterectomy. We describe a successful management in which the patient's right lower lobe bronchus was occluded with a Fogarty balloon catheter while on peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bedrettin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yıldızeli
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serpil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taş
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Barkın
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eldem
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Eray
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuncer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koçak
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sunar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000295:instrumentation; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D062666:Vascular Access Devices