Abstract We describe the successful transplantation of a brain-dead donor supported by veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) after cardiac arrest secondary to pulmonary embolism. The donor was a 50-year-old female..
Lire la suiteAbstract A 23-year-old man with sickle cell disease treated with splenectomy and allogenic stem cell transplantation presented with recurrent chest pain, elevated cardiac enzymes, and unremarkable electrocardiography. His work-up revealed..
Lire la suiteAbstract Acute kidney injury is a common complication following heart transplantation, and the factors contributing to acute kidney injury are not well understood. We conducted a retrospective cohort study evaluating..
Lire la suiteDe battre le cœur a continué. Le 26 mars 2021, les équipes de chirurgie cardiaque et d’anesthésie-réanimation du CHU de Rennes ont réalisé une transplantation cardiaque d’un genre nouveau..
Lire la suiteAbstract Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) bridge to lung transplantation (LuTX) exposes the patients to a high risk of perioperative bleeding secondary to systemic anticoagulation and coagulation factors deficiency. With this..
Lire la suiteAbstract OBJECTIVES Hearts donated after circulatory determination of death are usually preserved with normothermic machine perfusion prior to transplantation. This type of preservation is costly, requires bench time adding to..
Lire la suiteAbstract Objective Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has recently replaced cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) as the preferred option for providing circulatory support during lung transplantation. This review aimed to summarize the previous..
Lire la suiteAbstract Adult patients with uncorrected congenital heart diseases and chronic intracardiac shunt may develop Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) due to progressive increase of pulmonary vascular resistance, with significant morbidity and mortality...
Lire la suiteAbstract A decision to withdraw life‑sustaining treatment (WLST ) is derived by a conclusion that further treatment will not ena‑ble a patient to survive or will not produce a functional..
Lire la suiteAbstract Objectives: Refractory postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock complicating cardiac surgery yields nearly 100% mortality when untreated. Use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock has increased worldwide recently. The aim of the current..
Lire la suiteAbstract Donor shortage is a major limitation in organ transplantation. Several studies have reported that extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-assisted organ donation can be successfully completed without inducing warm ischemia in..
Lire la suiteAbstract Cardiopulmonary support is frequently required during lung transplantation. Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) has been recently shown to be an acceptable and, perhaps, safer alternative to cardiopulmonary bypass machine..
Lire la suiteAbstract Background: From 1990-2005 at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, LA, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was used only when necessary during lung transplantation surgeries. Ochsner's lung transplant program was closed..
Lire la suiteAbstract Abstract: Here we report two cases of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in pediatric patients following orthotopic heart transplantation due to low cardiac output and inability to separate from..
Lire la suiteAbstract OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate the effect of centre volume on survival when extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used as a bridge to lung transplantation (LTx). METHODS We performed..
Lire la suiteAbstract OBJECTIVES Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is the only curable form of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) has been established as the treatment of choice in these patients producing..
Lire la suiteAbstract Introduction. The venovenous/portal venous (VVP) bypass technique has generally become obsolete in liver transplantation (LT) today. We evaluated our experience with 163 consecutive LTs that used a VVP bypass. Patients..
Lire la suiteAbstract OBJECTIVES Lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension has the highest reported postoperative mortality of all indications. Reasons lie in the complexity of treatment of these patients and the..
Lire la suiteAbstract Objectives: This study was undertaken to estimate the incidence and burden of cerebral microhemorrhage (CM) in patients with heart disease who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), as detected on susceptibility-weighted..
Lire la suiteAbstract The present study is the premier clinical attempt to scrutinize the practicability of prophylactic fibrinogen infusion in patients undergoing heart transplantation (HT). A total of 67 consecutive patients who..
Lire la suiteAbstract Static cold storage is accompanied with a partial safe ischemic interval for donor hearts. In this current study, a machine perfusion system was built to provide a better preservation..
Lire la suiteAbstract Objectives: Pao2/Fio2 is used commonly for diagnosis of lung injury (acute respiratory distress syndrome and transfusion-related acute lung injury), for assessment of pulmonary disease course and therapy, and in pulmonary..
Lire la suiteAbstract OBJECTIVES No guidelines for mechanical circulatory support in patients with therapy-refractory cardiogenic shock and multiorgan failure including ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) exist. To achieve immediate cardiopulmonary stabilization, we established..
Lire la suiteAbstract Background This retrospective single-center study aimed to analyze transfusion requirements, coagulation parameters, and outcome parameters in patients undergoing lung transplantation (LuTx) with intraoperative extracorporeal circulatory support, comparing cardiopulmonary bypass..
Lire la suiteAbstract Objective is a common and severe complication during (ECMO). Increased plasma free hemoglobin (PFHb) is related to renal injury. The aim of this study was to investigate whether increased PFHb..
Lire la suiteAbstract BACKGROUND: Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is common during infant cardiac surgery. A previous report of pediatric heart transplant recipients showed that increased RBC transfusion volume was independently associated..
Lire la suiteAbstract Objectives life support (ECLS) is an emerging option to treat selected patients with cardiac arrest refractory to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Our primary objective was to determine the mortality at..
Lire la suiteAbstract Background The risk–benefit for utilizing cardio‐pulmonary bypass (CPB) in lung transplantation (LTx) remains debatable. This study compares outcomes after LTx utilizing different CPB strategies – elective CPB vs. off‐pump..
Lire la suiteAbstract The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy (ECMO) in cardiac critical care has steadily increased over the past decade. Significant improvements in the technology associated with ECMO have propagated..
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