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Case Reports
. 2011 Nov;92(5):e101-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.035. Epub 2011 Oct 31.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to pulmonary endarterectomy

Mohammad Mydin  1 , Marius Berman, Andrew Klein, Steven Tsui, John Dunning, Karmen Valchanov, Alan Vuylsteke, David P Jenkins
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Case Reports

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to pulmonary endarterectomy

Mohammad Mydin et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

Untreated severe chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension has a poor prognosis ending with right heart decompensation and multiorgan failure. This case report demonstrates that it is possible to intervene in the terminal stages of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and bridge patients to surgery and recovery using various forms of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support.

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