Lung perfusion during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a model of hypoxemic respiratory failure.
Pedro Vitale MendesMarcelo ParkLuciano Cesar Pontes de AzevedoCaio Cesar Araujo MoraisMarcelo Brito Passos AmatoEduardo Leite Vieira CostaPublished in: Intensive care medicine experimental (2022)
We found that the use of ECMO support with consequent increase in venous oxygen pressure induced a significant drop in PAPm with no detectable effect on regional lung perfusion in different scenarios of ventilation/perfusion mismatch.