Successful resuscitation with thrombolysis of a patient suffering fulminant pulmonary embolism after recent intracerebral haemorrhage

Resuscitation

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 154-157

  Koroneos, Apostolos ^a   Koutsoukou, Antonia ^a   Zervakis, Dimitrios ^a   Politis, Panagiotis ^a   Sourlas, Sotiris ^a   Pagoni, Eleni ^a   Roussos, Charis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electromechanical dissociation (EMD); Intracerebral haemorrhage; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombolysis; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALTEPLASE; ENOXAPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART ARREST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RESUSCITATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 33845407474     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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