Cardiac arrest after air travel successfully treated by presumptive fibrinolysis

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 606-

  Lapostolle, Frédéric ^a   Levasseur, Judith ^a   Dardel, Nicole ^a   Adnet, Frédéric ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Pulmonary embolis; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; TENECTEPLASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART ARREST; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRAVEL;

EID: 67349089539     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.02.010     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Lapostolle F., Surget V., Borron S.W., et al. Severe pulmonary embolism associated with air travel. N Engl J Med 345 (2001) 779-788
2. Lapostolle F., Fabre D., Levasseur J., and Adnet F. Role of pulmonary embolism in cardiac arrest after air travel: clot examination in survivors. Resuscitation 80 (2008) 155-156