Response letter: In patients with massive pulmonary embolism, we think a combination of VA-ECMO and other therapies should be studied

Mina Karami; Loes Mandigers; Dinis Dos Reis Miranda; Wim J R Rietdijk; Jan M Binnekade; Daniëlle C M Knijn; Wim K Lagrand; Corstiaan A den Uil; José P S Henriques; Alexander P J Vlaar; DUTCH ECLS Study Group

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

J Crit Care. 2022 Feb:67:225-226. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.11.003. Epub 2021 Nov 15.

Affiliations

¹ Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: a.p.vlaar@amsterdamumc.nl.

PMID: 34794835
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.11.003

No abstract available

Keywords: Catheter based therapy; ECMO; Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Pulmonary embolism; Surgical embolectomy; Systemic thrombolysis.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans
Pulmonary Embolism* / therapy