Venovenous Extracorporeal Life Support After Pulmonary Endarterectomy: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes

Pulmonary endarterectomy is the accepted therapy for thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. A recognized complication of this surgery is the postoperative development of reperfusion edema, a potentially fatal cause of respiratory failure. Because reperfusion edema can be a reversible process, tempor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2006-12, Vol.82 (6), p.2139-2145
Hauptverfasser:	Thistlethwaite, Patricia A., Madani, Michael M., Kemp, Aaron D., Hartley, Mary, Auger, William R., Jamieson, Stuart W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Endarterectomy - adverse effects Extracorporeal Circulation - methods Female Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - etiology Hypertension, Pulmonary - surgery Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pulmonary Artery - surgery Pulmonary Edema - etiology Pulmonary Edema - therapy Pulmonary Embolism - complications Pulmonary Embolism - surgery Reperfusion Injury - etiology Reperfusion Injury - therapy Retrospective Studies Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Surgery of the respiratory system Treatment Outcome
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