Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenationas a bridge to cytolytic therapy

Autor: Chirantan Mangukia, Shrey Patel, Gengo Sunagawa, F Jaffe, Stacey Brann, Yoshiya Toyoda, Jeffrey I. Stewart
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
ISSN: 0973-7723
0970-9134
DOI: 10.1007/s12055-020-00992-3
Popis: We describe a case of successful use of veno-arterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), as a bridge to cytoreductive therapy, in a patient with large mediastinal mass due to T cell lymphoblastic leukemia, complicated by acute cardiorespiratory compromise from mechanical compression and pulmonary embolism. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s12055-020-00992-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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