Afterload pressure and left ventricular contractility synergistically affect left atrial pressure during veno-arterial ECMO

Background: Veno-arterial extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) may cause adverse effects including increased left ventricular (LV) filling pressure, LV distension, and pulmonary edema. We aimed to quantify the effects of ECMO flow, LV contractility, aortic pressure (AoP), and ECMO configur...

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Main Authors: Jacky Jiang, Pankaj Jain, Audrey Adji, Michael Stevens, Gabriel Matus Vazquez, Sumita Barua, Sambavan Jeyakumar, Christopher Hayward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:JHLT Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950133423000447