CASE REPORT article
Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Intensive Care Cardiovascular Medicine
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1624064
This article is part of the Research TopicCase Reports in Intensive Care Cardiovascular Medicine: 2025View all 5 articles
Case Report: Experience of a Case of Cardiac Arrest Caused by Postoperative Pulmonary Embolism and Hepatic Rupture Induced by Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Provisionally accepted
- 1Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
- 2The First People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, China
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Postoperative pulmonary embolism (PE) poses a serious threat to a patient's life. However, cases involving concurrent liver rupture are exceedingly rare. This report describes a case of a patient who experienced cardiac arrest due to PE following lower extremity varicose vein surgery, followed by liver rupture during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Under the timely intervention of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), the patient underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-assisted resuscitation and hepatic repair surgery. Through a staged anticoagulation strategy, a balance was achieved between bleeding control and thrombosis prevention. Ultimately, after 23 days of treatment, the patient regained consciousness and was transferred to rehabilitation.
Keywords: case report, Multidisciplinary treatment, Liver rupture, Cardiopulmonaryresuscitation, Pulmonary Embolism
Received: 06 May 2025; Accepted: 26 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Peiwan Liu, The First People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, China
Xingbao Fang, The First People's Hospital of Qujing, Qujing, China
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