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Ultrasound Guided Femoral Cannulation and Percutaneous Perfusion of the Distal Limb for VA ECMO
Author(s) -
Benassi Filippo,
Vezzani Antonella,
Vignali Luigi,
Gherli Tiziano
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12319
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , femoral artery , femoral vein , ultrasound , perfusion , radiology , surgery
Percutaneous cannulation allows a prompt approach for establishing veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute cardiopulmonary failure. Access to an artery or a vein can sometimes be difficult with severe complications also with percutaneous approach. To reduce morbidity, we describe our technique of a real‐time ultrasound cannulation of the femoral vessels. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12319 (J Card Surg 2014;29:427–429)