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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1177-1178
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Closed-Chest Transaxillary Venoarterial ECMO

Marco Pocar, MD, PhD, Andrea Moneta, MD, Roberto Mattioli, MD, Francesco Donatelli, MD

Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Policlinico MultiMedica, Via Milanese 300, Milan, 20099 Italy

(Email: mpocar@milanocuore.org).

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To the Editor:

We read the article by Dr Navia and associates [1] regarding axillary arterial inflow for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in adult patients. In view of the preminently technical nature of a "how to do it" article, we would like to add some specific observations. We recently used venoarterial ECMO support using a BioMedicus centrifugal pump (Medtronic, Eden Prairie, MN) with this approach in 2 patients who had cardiogenic shock and respiratory failure develop after extensive acute myocardial infarction that was initially treated with primary or rescue percutaneous coronary intervention, aortic balloon counterpulsation, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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