HOW SHOULD I TREAT?

How should I treat a pulmonary artery rupture occurring during a right heart catheterisation in the cathlab?

EuroIntervention 2017;12:e2280-e2282 published online e-ediition April 2017. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00576

Madjid Boukantar1*, MD; Romain Gallet1, MD; Ketsakim You2, MD; Vania Tacher2, MD; Gauthier Mouillet1, MD; Hicham Kobeiter2, MD, PhD; Emmanuel Teiger1, MD, PhD; Heike A. Hildebrandt3, MD; Tienush Rassaf3, MD; Philipp Kahlert3, MD; Younes Boudjemline4,5, MD, PhD

1. Henri Mondor Hospital, Explorations Fonctionnelles, Interventional Cardiology, Créteil, France; 2. Henri Mondor Hospital, Imagerie Médicale, Créteil, France; 3. Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

How would I treat?

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