Predelivery extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a life-threatening peripartum cardiomyopathy: save both mother and child

Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Nov;33(11):1713.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.03.014. Epub 2015 Mar 16.

Authors

Nadia Bouabdallaoui¹, Ciro Mastroianni², Luca Revelli², Pierre Demondion², Guillaume Lebreton²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Pierre Marie Curie University Paris VI, Paris, France; Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France. Electronic address: nadia.bouabdallaoui@gmail.com.
² Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Pierre Marie Curie University Paris VI, Paris, France; Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.

PMID: 25819202
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.03.014

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Female
Heart Failure / diagnosis*
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Peripartum Period
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnosis*
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy*