Con: Patients Receiving Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Should Not Always Have a Left Ventricular Vent Placed

Christopher Ma; Daniel Tolpin; James Anton

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2018.11.007

Con: Patients Receiving Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Should Not Always Have a Left Ventricular Vent Placed

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Apr;33(4):1163-1165. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.11.007. Epub 2018 Nov 13.

Authors

Christopher Ma¹, Daniel Tolpin², James Anton²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Texas Heart Institute, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX; Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Electronic address: chrismma88@gmail.com.
² Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Texas Heart Institute, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX; Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

PMID: 30578006
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.11.007

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Keywords: cardiogenic shock; complications; critical illness; left ventricular distention; left ventricular vent; mechanical circulatory support; retrograde arterial flow; venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

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MeSH terms

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Shock, Cardiogenic