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Review
. 2012 Mar;37(2):225-30.
doi: 10.1007/s00059-011-3489-5.

ECMO as a bridge to high-risk rotablation of heavily calcified coronary arteries

P Dardas  1 , N Mezilis, V Ninios, E K Theofilogiannakos, D Tsikaderis, N Tsotsolis, A Kolettas, N Nikoloudakis, A A Pitsis
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Review

ECMO as a bridge to high-risk rotablation of heavily calcified coronary arteries

P Dardas et al. Herz. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) with short-term ventricular assist devices has been used as a bridge to high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), as well as during interventions and in the post-procedural recovery period. Percutaneous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used when full cardiopulmonary support is necessary due to severe biventricular and pulmonary dysfunction. Prompted by two cases of high-risk rotablation of heavily calcified coronary arteries where ECMO was used as a bridge to intervention and post-intervention recovery, we reviewed the bibliography and the new guidelines on cardiac revascularization with regard to the utility of MCS devices in high-risk PCI cases.

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