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Management of Massive Pulmonary Hemorrhage Following Pulmonary Endarterectomy

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2014

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GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG

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Massive pulmonary hemorrhage is a potentially fatal complication of pulmonary endarterectomy. We describe a successful management in which the patient's right lower lobe bronchus was occluded with a Fogarty balloon catheter while on peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

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pulmonary endarterectomy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, postoperative care, INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTIVE REGISTRY, EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE-SUPPORT, THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY, EXPERIENCE

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https://hdl.handle.net/11424/237713

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