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Published on: May 21, 2017
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation transport after traumatic aortic valve injury
Mauer Biscotti1, Cara Agerstrand, Darryl Abrams
1From the *Department of General Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; †Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; and ‡Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Abstract:
Traumatic injury to the aortic valve is an uncommon clinical entity. Rarer still is the transport of such a patient using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to a specialized ECMO center for definitive repair. We present a case of traumatic rupture of the aortic valve complicated by severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with interhospital transport using ECMO and subsequent aortic valve replacement.
