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Ambulatory central VA‐ECMO with biventricular decompression for acute cardiogenic shock
Author(s) -
Rao Prashant,
Alouidor Benjamin,
Smith Richard,
Khalpey Zain
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.27428
Subject(s) - cardiogenic shock , medicine , ambulatory , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , decompression , cardiology , shock (circulatory) , anesthesia , surgery , myocardial infarction
We describe the off‐pump insertion of a biventricular assist device with extra‐corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): a novel technique that allows for ambulatory central veno‐arterial (VA) ECMO with direct biventricular decompression.