A 68-year old lady present with left ventricular free wall rupture and cardiac arrest
post-myocardial infarction. This article illustrates a strategy combining pericardiocentesis
with autologous transfusion together with VA-ECMO as a bridge to definitive surgical
repair.
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Reference
- Is preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation effective for collapsed patients with left ventricular free wall rupture after myocardial infarction?.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021; 161: e34-e35
Article Info
Publication History
Published online: August 30, 2022
Accepted:
July 30,
2022
Received in revised form:
July 25,
2022
Received:
June 9,
2022
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© 2022 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
