Preoperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Plasmapheresis for Urgent Pulmonary Endarterectomy in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia-Positive Patient
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Thomas K. Waddell; Anastasia Bykova; Ben Dunne; Karen McRae; Mehdi Tahiri; Peter Slinger; David Barth; Marc de Perrot; Laura Donahoe; John Granton
- Source
- The Annals of thoracic surgery. 110(3)
- Subject
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_treatment
Endarterectomy
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Pulmonary endarterectomy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
medicine
Humans
Aged
business.industry
Heparin
Anticoagulants
Plasmapheresis
Positive patient
medicine.disease
Thrombocytopenia
030228 respiratory system
Anesthesia
Surgery
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Female
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Pulmonary Embolism
- Language
- ISSN
- 1552-6259
Pulmonary endarterectomy is the treatment of choice for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. This case report outlines the importance of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and plasmapheresis as two important options in the management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia–positive patients requiring urgent pulmonary endarterectomy.