Open AccessExtra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as bridge to high-risk cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Om Prakash Yadava,
Jai Raman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-019-00899-8
Subject(s) - cardiac surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , medicine , vascular surgery , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , general surgery , surgery , cardiology
Dr. Om Prakash Yadava, CEO and Chief Cardiac Surgeon, National Heart Institute, New Delhi, India, and Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, in conversation with Prof. Jai Raman, Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery at Austin and St. Vincent's Hospitals, Melbourne, Australia, and Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA, explore an innovative new concept of supporting and resuscitating the heart on Veno Arterial ECMO before high-risk cardiac surgery in a sick patient.