Response letter: In patients with massive pulmonary embolism, we think a combination of VA-ECMO and other therapies should be studied
- PMID: 34794835
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.11.003
Response letter: In patients with massive pulmonary embolism, we think a combination of VA-ECMO and other therapies should be studied
Keywords: Catheter based therapy; ECMO; Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Pulmonary embolism; Surgical embolectomy; Systemic thrombolysis.
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Survival of patients with acute pulmonary embolism treated with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.J Crit Care. 2021 Aug;64:245-254. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.03.006. Epub 2021 Mar 24. J Crit Care. 2021. PMID: 34049258
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Study conclude that in patients in whom VA-ECMO treatment is deemed necessary a combination of VA-ECMO and SE may be a better option than VA-ECMO combined with thrombolysis to treat PE: We disagree about the next prospective study to be realized!J Crit Care. 2022 Feb;67:223-224. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.11.002. Epub 2021 Nov 13. J Crit Care. 2022. PMID: 34782186 No abstract available.
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