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Published on: October 24, 2018
Pulmonary artery cannulation during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: An alternative to manage
Gustavo Rojas-Velasco1, Patricia Carmona-Levario2, Daniel Manzur-Sandoval1
1Cardiovascular Critical Care Unit. Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Abstract:
Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become a rescue therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to COVID-19 for patients who are refractory to conventional therapy. However, this therapy comes with complications, and alternative cannulation strategies are needed to overcome these difficulties. In this article, we present a case of venovenous ECMO presenting with refractory hypoxemia and right ventricular dysfunction, which were corrected by cannulating the pulmonary artery. This situation is rarely reported in literature and may constitute an alternative for managing these patients.
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