Review Article
Monitoring of the Adult Patient on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Table 1
Indications for VA ECMO.
| Refractory cardiogenic shock | | Myocardial infarction | | Myocarditis | | Primary graft failure following heart transplantation | | Postcardiotomy (failure to wean from CPB after cardiac surgery) | | Drug overdose resulting in profound myocardial depression | | Septic cardiomyopathy | | Peripartum cardiomyopathy | | Pulmonary embolism | | Recurrent dysrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation | | Severe pulmonary hypertension | | Anaphylactic shock | | Trauma to major vessels or myocardium | | Massive hemoptysis or pulmonary hemorrhage | | Pre- or postprocedure circulatory support for high risk interventional procedures | |
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