Improved diagnosis of pulmonary embolism causing cardiac arrest by combined endobronchial ultrasound and echocardiography.
Cardiovasc Ultrasound
; 18(1): 25, 2020 Jul 06.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening disease difficult to diagnose and manage in severe hemodynamic unstable patients. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is considered useful to improve diagnosis, but such approach has physical limitations for the interposition of the airways preventing the clear assessment of the left pulmonary artery. Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), a recently developed technique carried out using a modified bronchoscope having a small ultrasound convex probe at the tip allowing to perform ultrasonography examination of the mediastinum, can extensively visualize the pulmonary arteries on both sides. CASE PRESENTATION We present the first use of EBUS to rapidly diagnose and subsequently treat a 64 years old woman with history of lateral amyotrophic sclerosis admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for severe dyspnoea and rapidly experiencing a cardiac arrest.CONCLUSIONS:
Combined bedside EBUS and echocardiography allowed to rapidly diagnose the cause of cardiac arrest and avoid risks related to transferring the critical patient to the radiology department.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Embolia Pulmonar
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Ecocardiografía Transesofágica
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Endosonografía
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Paro Cardíaco
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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2020
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