Extracorporeal life support for the control of life-threatening pulmonary hemorrhage.

Full Abstract

Pulmonary hemorrhage is a dreadful complication after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. We describe a novel management in which the patient is supported with active venting of the pulmonary vascular bed while on veno-arterial extracorporeal life support.

Author information

Author/s: Pretorius, Victor (V); Alayadhi, Walid (W); Modry, Dennis (D);

Affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: The Annals of thoracic surgery (Ann Thorac Surg), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Aug; vol 88 (issue 2) : pp 649-50

Dates: Created 2009/07/27; Completed 2009/08/21;

PMID: 19632431, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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