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Hemodynamic collapse during pulmonary embolectomy due to loss of venous return from acute occlusion of the cardiopulmonary venous cannula with thromboembolus

^a Cardiothoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Dulles 680, HUP, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
^b Quantitative Echocardiographic Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, USA
^c Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

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We report a case of hemodynamic collapse during pulmonary embolectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass. The hemodynamic collapse was due to complete loss of venous return due to thromboembolic occlusion of the atrial cannula. The diagnosis was made during focused intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.

Key Words: Cardiopulmonary bypass; Pulmonary embolism; Echocardiography

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