Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation used in a massive lung bleeding following pulmonary endarterectomy.

Abstrakt

The authors present a case of massive lung bleeding following pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) that was treated with peripheral veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO).

Klíčová slova

• pulmonary endarterectomy
• massive lung bleeding
• veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
• fibreoptic bronchoscopy