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Case Reports
. 1999 Mar;82(3):444-7.
doi: 10.1093/bja/82.3.444.

Inhalation of nitric oxide as a life-saving therapy in a patient after pulmonary embolectomy

P Schenk  1 , T Pernerstorfer, C Mittermayer, A Kranz, M Frömmel, T Birsan, K Ratheiser
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Case Reports

Inhalation of nitric oxide as a life-saving therapy in a patient after pulmonary embolectomy

P Schenk et al. Br J Anaesth. 1999 Mar.
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Abstract

We describe a 54-yr-old man with cardiogenic shock caused by acute right heart failure after pulmonary embolectomy. Inhalation of nitric oxide led to immediate improvement in respiratory and haemodynamic variables. Inhaled nitric oxide can be used to reduce acute right heart failure until conventional therapy can provide successful haemodynamic stability.

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