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Amniotic fluid embolism causing severe left ventricular dysfunction and death: Case report and review of the literature

✍ Scribed by Dib, Nabil ;Bajwa, Tanvir

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 411 KB
Volume: 39
Category: Article
ISSN: 0098-6569
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199610)39:2<177::aid-ccd15>3.0.co;2-e

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✦ Synopsis

Hemodynamic instability

In amniotic fluid embolism has previously been demonstrated only by right heart catheterization. We present detailed documentation obtained by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization of a 3Cyear-old woman who developed amniotic fluid embolism and died from severe lefl ventricular dysfunction and wide QRS complex tachycardia despite intensive medical therapy (inotropes) and mechanical (intraaortic balloon pump) support. o is96 Wiiey-use, inc.

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