Pulmonary embolectomy and cardiopulmonary bypass during pregnancy

Cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation in obstetric patients is a separate chapter because of the physiological changes brought about by pregnancy and factors such as anesthetic management, monitoring and perfusion during the cardiopulmonary bypass that affects both the mother and the child; both experience different circumstances and have dissimilar interests. The paper discusses the anesthetic management of a patient during her 26.2 weeks of gestation with a pulmonary thromboembolism and atrial intracavitary thrombus attached to the central catheter with atrial septal defect.

ResumenLa cirugía cardiaca con circulación extracorpórea en pacientes obstétricas representa un capítulo especial, debido a los cambios fisiológicos producidos por el embarazo y factores como el manejo anestésico, la monitorización y la perfusión durante el bypass cardiopulmonar que se producen sobre el binomio madre-feto, organismos en situaciones diferentes y con intereses opuestos. Describimos el manejo anestésico de una paciente de 26,2 semanas de embarazo con un tromboembolismo pulmonar y trombo auricular adherido a catéter central con comunicación interauricular.