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Hemodynamic Effects of Left-Atrial Venous Arterial Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (LAVA-ECMO).

Gulmohar Singh-KucukarslanMohamad RaadWaleed Al-DarziJennifer A CowgerLizbeth BriceMir Babar BasirWilliam W O'NeillKhaldoon AlaswaadMarvin H K Eng
Published in: ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) (2021)
We report a case of a 59-year-old male in post-myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock undergoing left atrial venous arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (LAVA-ECMO) as a bridge to transplantation. The unique feature of this ECMO configuration is use of a single trans-septal cannula to provide biventricular unloading and use of a single arterial access.
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