Extracorporeal Venovenous Membrane Oxygenation in the Treatment of Respiratory Insufficiency Following Cardiac Surgery. Issue 2 (12th January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bignami, Elena; Frati, Elena; Meroni, Roberta; Verzini, Alessandro; Pozzoli, Alberto; Benussi, Stefano; Alfieri, Ottavio
• Is Part Of: Journal of cardiac surgery. Volume 29:Issue 2(2014:Mar.)
• Page Start: 270
• Page End: 273
• Publication Date: 2014-01-12
• Subjects: Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.412005
• DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12278
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0886-0440

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="jocs12278-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>Following cardiac surgery, patients can develop acute respiratory failure. We present the case of a 66‐year‐old male successfully treated with extracorporeal venovenous membrane oxygenation (vvECMO) for acute respiratory failure postsurgery and review the literature on vvECMO in this specific setting. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12278 <italic>(J Card Surg 2014;29:270–273)</italic></p> </sec> </abstract>