Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (Mar 2006)

Ultrasound Guidance of Thrombolytic Therapy in Pulseless Electrical Activity: A Case Report

  • Lambert, Michael J,
  • Harswick, Chad A.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 8 – 11

Abstract

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A young man presented to the emergency room in extremis and deteriorated into a state of pulseless electrical activity. Bedside echocardiography by emergency medicine physicians was crucial to the clinical decision to implement thrombolytic therapy for suspected massive pulmonary embolus.