The Role of Shunt Occlusion During Extracorporeal Life Support

ABSTRACT Introduction: The current recommendation for systemic to pulmonary artery shunt (SPS) patients requiring extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is to keep the shunt open, maintaining a higher pump flow. The practice in our center is to totally occlude the shunt while on ECLS, and we are presen...

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Main Authors: Sudesh Prabhu, Siddhant Mehra, Ganesh Sambandamoorthy, Balasubramanian Shanmugasundaram, Rajesh G. Hegde, Riyan Shetty, Tom R. Karl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2023-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382023005001205&tlng=en