Successful placement of a right ventricular assist device for treatment of a presumed amniotic fluid embolism

Anesthesia and Analgesia
Nimesh P NagarshethYaakov Beilin

Abstract

Amniotic fluid embolism is a rare and often fatal complication of pregnancy. We report the successful multidisciplinary management of a woman who developed a coagulopathy from a presumed amniotic fluid embolism after forceps-assisted vaginal delivery requiring recombinant factor VIIa, and pulmonary arterial hypertension requiring a right ventricular assist device.

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