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Salvage pulmonary thromboembolectomy for massive pulmonary embolism in a child presented with syncope and subsequent cardiac arrest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2019

Koray Ak ,
Yasar Birkan ,
Figen Akalın  and
Deniz Günay
Koray Ak*
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Yasar Birkan
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Figen Akalın
Affiliation:
Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
Deniz Günay
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Author for correspondence: Prof. K. Ak, MD, PhD, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi AD, Saglik Bakanligi Marmara Universitesi Pendik Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi, 4. Kat, Ustkaynarca Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: 00 90 216 625 45 45; E-mail: korayakmd@gmail.com
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Abstract

Pulmonary embolism is frequently under-recognised in children and, therefore, a high index of suspicion should be exerted on patients with exertional dyspnoea, presyncope/syncope and unexplained cardiopulmonary arrest. We discuss a 10-year-old previously healthy girl who presented with syncope and subsequent cardiac arrest related to massive pulmonary embolism and was salvaged successfully by emergent pulmonary embolectomy.

Keywords

Massive pulmonary embolismcardiac arrestembolectomyadolescent
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 8 , August 2019 , pp. 1094 - 1096
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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