Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge for enabling surgery in a patient under cardiogenic shock due to acute mitral prosthesis dysfunction

A 52-year-old male patient, who underwent mitral replacement with a mechanical prosthesis as a child, sustained a cardiac arrest which was successfully resuscitated. Further investigation showed prosthesis malfunction with significant regurgitation in the context of multi-organ failure. In such a li...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Saudi Heart Association. - 1999. - 30(2018), 2 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 140-142
1. Verfasser: Arnáiz-García, María Elena (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Dalmau-Sorlí, María José, González-Santos, José María, Pérez-Losada, María Elena, Sastre-Rincón, José Alfonso, Hernández-Hernández, Jesús, Vargas-Fajardo, Mª Carmen, Sagredo-Meneses, Víctor, López-Rodríguez, Javier, Arnáiz-García, Ana María
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Schlagworte:Journal Article Cardiogenic shock Dysfunction Mitral Prosthesis VA-ECMO