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Acute Vascular Complications of VA-ECMO in COVID-19 Patients. Does COVID-19 Affect the Outcome?

Alhussein M KhedrMohammed S FoulaMohammed Alsagheer AlhewyAbdelaziz Ahmed AbdelhafezIbrahim Hanbal HanbalEhab Abd Elmoneim GhazalaAhmed Atef KhamisHassan GadoWael Abdo Abdo Abd-ElgawadAbdullah El SayedAwad IbrahimYasser ElghoneimyAbdelhalim A Abdelmohsen
Published in: Vascular and endovascular surgery (2024)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of patients required VA-ECMO due to associated respiratory failure. Patients undergoing VA-ECMO are at high risk of developing various vascular complications. COVID-19 significantly increases the risk of acute limb ischemia and distal perfusion catheter thrombosis in both upper and lower limbs. However, other VA-ECMO-related vascular complications are comparable between COVID-19 and non-COVID patients.
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