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Successful treatment of fulminant pulmonary embolism with extracorporeal life support and simultaneous systemic thrombolytic therapy after 1 h of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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Here we describe a patient with a fulminant pulmonary embolism, who has been successfully treated with an extracorporeal life support system and simultaneous systemic thrombolytic therapy after 1 h of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Hiroyuki Kamiya, Hug Aubin, Payam Akhyari, Diyar Saeed & Artur Lichtenberg

  2. Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Duesseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Roland Walz & Detlef Miles-Kindgen

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Kamiya, H., Aubin, H., Akhyari, P. et al. Successful treatment of fulminant pulmonary embolism with extracorporeal life support and simultaneous systemic thrombolytic therapy after 1 h of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 63, 664–666 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0338-x

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