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Veno‐Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (V V ECMO): Indications, Preprocedural Considerations, and Technique
Author(s) -
Shaheen Aisha,
Tanaka Daizo,
Cavarocchi Nicholas C.,
Hirose Hitoshi
Publication year - 2016
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.12690
Subject(s) - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , medicine , cannula , refractory (planetary science) , respiratory failure , membrane oxygenator , oxygenation , extracorporeal , catheter , surgery , anesthesia , cardiology , physics , astrobiology
Veno‐venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V V ECMO) has been used for refractory respiratory failure. We describe the indications, technical aspects, and outcomes of placing V V ECMO in adults using a dual‐lumen, single‐cannula catheter. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12690 (J Card Surg 2016;31:248–252)