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Case Reports
. 2019 Jun-Jul;66(6):335-337.
doi: 10.1016/j.redar.2018.12.010. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

Double intracardiac thrombosis in a patient assisted by a venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

[Article in English, Spanish]
A Martínez Salgado  1 , M Taboada Muñiz  2 , J M Martínez Cereijo  3 , P Otero Castro  2 , J Álvarez Escudero  4
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Double intracardiac thrombosis in a patient assisted by a venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

[Article in English, Spanish]
A Martínez Salgado et al. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed). 2019 Jun-Jul.

Abstract

Intracardiac thrombosis is a rare complication in patients receiving haemodynamic support with venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO), but it has a high risk of mortality. This case report describes a patient who suffered cardiogenic shock after a ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and who presented with intracardiac thrombosis during VA-ECMO support on two occasions after mitral valve replacement. The first one was after the insertion of a mechanical prosthesis, and the second, after replacing it with a biological valve.

Keywords: ECMO-VA; Ecocardiografía transesofágica; Intracardiac thrombosis; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Trombosis intracardíaca; VA-ECMO.

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