Successful use of veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for septic cardiomyopathy in a patient with pre‐existing chronic heart failure

BACKGROUND: Indications for using veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V‐A ECMO) in sepsis cases remain unclear. CASE PRESENTATION: A 66‐year‐old man with pre‐existing chronic heart failure developed severe pneumonia resulting in refractory septic shock. He was diagnosed with septic ca...

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Published in:Acute Med Surg
Main Authors: Wada, Kenshiro, Bunya, Naofumi, Kakizaki, Ryuichiro, Kasai, Takehiko, Uemura, Shuji, Harada, Keisuke, Narimatsu, Eichi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6603327/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31304033
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.407
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