TY - JOUR AU - Firstenberg, Michael S. AU - Abel, Erik AU - Blais, Danielle AU - Turner, Katja AU - Halim-Armanios, Mona AU - Dimitrova, Galina AU - Cohn, David AU - Samuels, Philip PY - 2011/06/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Temporary Extracorporeal Circulatory Support and Pulmonary Embolectomy for Catastrophic Amniotic Fluid Embolism JF - The Heart Surgery Forum JA - HSF VL - 14 IS - 3 SE - DO - 10.1532/HSF98.20101135 UR - https://journal.hsforum.com/index.php/HSF/article/view/9 SP - E157-E159 AB - Amniotic fluid embolism is usually a life-threatening complication of an otherwise healthy pregnancy. Medical management of the coagulopathy and cardiovascular collapse is challenging and is often unsuccessful. We present a case and advocate the use of temporary circulatory support and pulmonary embolectomy in what would otherwise have been a fatal scenario. ER -