Impact of Right Ventricular Performance in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Following Cardiac Surgery

BackgroundExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation following cardiac surgery safeguards end‐organ oxygenation but unfavorably alters cardiac hemodynamics. Along with the detrimental effects of cardiac surgery to the right heart, this might impact outcome, particularly in patients with preexisting right v...

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Main Authors: Philipp E. Bartko, Dominik Wiedemann, Lore Schrutka, Christina Binder, Carlos G. Santos‐Gallego, Andreas Zuckermann, Barbara Steinlechner, Herbert Koinig, Gottfried Heinz, Alexander Niessner, Daniel Zimpfer, Günther Laufer, Irene M. Lang, Klaus Distelmaier, Georg Goliasch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.005455