Abstract
Unexpected and unexplained out-of-hospital cardiac arrests have a poor prognosis. Difficulties encountered during the differential diagnosis phase may delay the administration of specific treatment for treatable and reversible causes of cardiac arrest. Massive pulmonary embolism is a reversible cause of cardiac arrest, but without proper management it has a high mortality rate. Presently described is the case of a 53-year-old female patient with a massive pulmonary embolism.
MeSH terms
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Female
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Fibrinolytic Agents* / administration & dosage
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Fibrinolytic Agents* / therapeutic use
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Heart Arrest / etiology
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Pulmonary Embolism* / complications
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Pulmonary Embolism* / diagnosis
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Pulmonary Embolism* / drug therapy
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Pulmonary Embolism* / physiopathology
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Recombinant Proteins / administration & dosage
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Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
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Tissue Plasminogen Activator* / administration & dosage
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Tissue Plasminogen Activator* / therapeutic use
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Substances
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Fibrinolytic Agents
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Recombinant Proteins
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reteplase
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Tissue Plasminogen Activator