Pulmonary embolism: improvement in hemodynamic function with amrinone therapy
Spence, T.H.; Newton, W.D.
Southern Medical Journal 82(10): 1267-1268
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-4348 PMID: 2799443 Document Number: 334535
We have described a 57-year-old man who had had lower extremity vascular surgery complicated by PE. Dyspnea, hypotension, hypoxemia, and CHF developed, but thrombolytic therapy was not started because of the recent surgical procedure; instead, he had plication of the inferior vena cava. Because of persistent pulmonary artery hypertension and decreasing cardiac indices, amrinone therapy was begun, and resulted in marked hemodynamic improvement.