Case report: atrial septostomy as a bridge to lung transplantation in a patient with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

We report the first case of atrial septostomy as a successful bridge to LT in a HSCT recipient with venovenous ECMO. Atrial septostomy could be an option for management of RV failure during ECMO. Further studies need to be conducted to validate the effect of atrial septostomy in patients with RV failure during ECMO.