Thrombolysis before venoarterial ECMO for high-risk pulmonary embolism: a retrospective cohort study.

David LevyOuriel SauraMaria Teresa PassarelliManuela LucenteforteGuillaume LebretonAdrien BougleAntoine MonselSofia OrtunoYoël BenithaNadjib HammoudiBenjamin AssoulineMatthieu PetitMelchior GautierLucie Le FevreMarc Pineton de ChambrunCharles JuvinJuliette ChommelouxCharles-Edouard LuytGuillaume HékimianPascal LeprinceAlain CombesMatthieu Schmidt

Published in: Intensive care medicine (2024)

Ninety-day survival and bleeding events rates did not differ in patients treated with VA-ECMO after systemic thrombolysis compared to those who were not. Recent systemic thrombolysis, as a single parameter, should not be considered as a contraindication for VA-ECMO in high-risk PE.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
inferior vena cava
respiratory failure
mechanical ventilation
drug induced
free survival