ECMO: We Need to Vent About the Need to Vent!

Dirk W Donker; Daniel Burkhoff; Michael J Mack

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.034

ECMO: We Need to Vent About the Need to Vent!

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Apr 5;79(13):1251-1253. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.034.

Authors

Dirk W Donker¹, Daniel Burkhoff², Michael J Mack³

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology, TechMed Center, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. Electronic address: d.w.donker@umcutrecht.nl.
² Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, Texas, USA.

PMID: 35361347
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.034

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiogenic shock; circulatory support; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); intra-aortic balloon pump; left ventricular unloading; left ventricular venting, mechanical circulatory support (MCS); percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD); temporary circulatory support (TCS); transaortic microaxial pump (Impella); venoarterial ECMO.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans