Prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and circulatory support as bridge to lung transplant.

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Summary

This case shows that long-term extracorporeal lung assist is a viable but demanding alternative for bridging patients to pulmonary transplantation, and shows that right ventricular failure necessating conversion to veno-arterial assist does not necessarily predict right Ventricular failure post-transplant.

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article
Published
2008-10-01
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Keywords

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Medicine, Lung transplantation, Lung, Extracorporeal

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