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Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Peripheral Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Without Left Ventricular Venting
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Minimally invasive left-heart decompression during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an alternative
Mina Guirgis1, Kanwal Kumar, Alan H Menkis
1Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
|February 9, 2010
Abstract:
Decompression of the left-heart following initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, is at times required. In the setting of a closed chest this can present a challenge. We present a minimally invasive approach to left-heart decompression in an adult-sized patient, where a percutaneous option was not feasible.
