Complications of Pulmonary Embolism in a Pediatric Patient

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.103221
• Publication Date: 2025-02-05T18:35:56Z
• Authors: Shruti Patil; Ayesha Zia; Julie Fuller; Ramya Billa; Kara Goss; Nicholas D. Andersen; Megan Griffiths

A 16-year-old boy presents with a massive acute pulmonary embolism requiring emergent surgical embolectomy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for right ventricular failure. Subsequently he was diagnosed catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome immunosuppression, then pneumatoceles causing tension pneumothoraxes. The rarity of presentation in child required collaboration across pediatric adult disciplines.