Case report: Refractory cardiac arrest supported with veno-arterial-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and left-ventricular Impella CP®–Physiological insights and pitfalls of ECMELLA

IntroductionTo the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report which provides insights into patient-specific hemodynamics during veno-arterio-venous-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VAV ECMO) combined with a left-ventricular (LV) Impella® micro-axial pump for therapy-refractory cardiac...

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Main Authors: Tharusan Thevathasan, Lisa Füreder, Dirk W. Donker, Christoph Nix, Thomas H. Wurster, Wulf Knie, Georg Girke, Abdulla S. Al Harbi, Ulf Landmesser, Carsten Skurk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.1045601/full