Successful surgical management of a neonate with a saddle pulmonary embolus

Lorraine E De Blanche; Michael L Schmitz; Charles E Johnson; Thomas H Best; Jonathan J Drummond-Webb

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.11.028

Successful surgical management of a neonate with a saddle pulmonary embolus

Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Jul;78(1):e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.11.028.

Authors

Lorraine E De Blanche¹, Michael L Schmitz, Charles E Johnson, Thomas H Best, Jonathan J Drummond-Webb

Affiliation

¹ Section of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-3591, USA.

PMID: 15223486
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.11.028

Abstract

A female neonate presented with evidence of a massive ventilation-perfusion mismatch. She was subsequently found to have a saddle pulmonary embolus. The infant successfully underwent surgical pulmonary embolectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Arm / blood supply
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / complications
Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / surgery
Embolectomy*
Enoxaparin / therapeutic use
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery
Heparin / therapeutic use
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / complications
Ischemia / congenital
Ischemia / etiology
Ligation
Nitric Oxide / therapeutic use
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy
Pulmonary Embolism / pathology
Pulmonary Embolism / surgery*
Ultrasonography
Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / surgery

Substances

Anticoagulants
Enoxaparin
Nitric Oxide
Heparin