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From: Successful management of hemodynamic instability secondary to saddle pulmonary embolism-induced cardiac arrest using VA-ECMO in advanced malignancy with brain metastases

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Clinical examinations supporting the diagnosis of saddle pulmonary embolism. A Electrocardiogram indicating SI QIII TIII and negative T wave in V1–4 leads; B ultrasound cardiography showing an enlarged right ventricle and a flattened intraventricular septum during systole; C computed tomographic pulmonary angiography revealing a saddle thrombus straddling the bifurcation of the pulmonary trunk; D ultrasound cardiography on ECMO day 3. PE pulmonary embolism; LV left ventricle; ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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