Large ovarian tumor-caused failure of VA-ECMO in a patient with cardiac arrest related to massive pulmonary embolism.

Unlabelled: Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) plays an important role in patients with massive pulmonary embolism (PE)-related cardiac arrest. A 47-year-old healthy Japanese woman was brought to the emergency department because of shock. The patient suddenly collapsed due to cardiac arrest in an ambulance.