Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in staged combined heart-kidney transplant.
J Surg Case Rep
; 2020(1): rjz408, 2020 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31976068
ABSTRACT
Outside of heart and lung transplantation, only few cases have been reported describing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) use in solid organ transplantation. We present a case of a staged combined heart-kidney transplant in which VA-ECMO was utilized after a complicated orthotopic heart transplantation to successfully complete the subsequent renal transplantation.
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MEDLINE
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En
Journal:
J Surg Case Rep
Year:
2020
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Article
Affiliation country:
United States