Eisenmenger Syndrome in Pregnancy: When Is It Time for ECMO?: A Case Report

Marie-Louise Meng1, Annie Fu2, Carolyn Westhoff2

  • 1From the Departments of Anesthesiology.

A&A Practice
|June 13, 2018
PubMed

We report the case of a 21-year-old primiparous woman at 22 weeks gestation who presented with a large uncorrected ventricular septal defect, severe pulmonary hypertension, and Eisenmenger syndrome. The patient elected for termination of pregnancy, which was performed under regional anesthesia. Hemodynamic changes apparently associated with uterine contraction immediately after termination resulted in increased right to left shunting across the ventricular septal defect requiring urgent venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Thrombocytopenia and systemic anticoagulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation presented a challenge for removal of the epidural catheter. Pulmonary hypertension was managed and she was discharged on postoperative day 35.

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