Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Pulmonary Endarterectomy Mohammad Mydin, MRCS, Marius Berman, MD, Andrew Klein, FRCA, Steven Tsui, FRCS(CTh), John Dunning, FRCS(CTh), Karmen Valchanov, FRCA, Alan Vuylsteke, FRCA, David P. Jenkins, FRCS(CTh) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 5, Pages e101-e103 (November 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.035 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Pulmonary endarterectomy specimen. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, e101-e103DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.035) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Transition between central venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) to peripheral venovenous-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) through the right internal jugular vein using the AVALON cannula. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, e101-e103DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.035) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Chest x-ray showing the AVALON cannulation in the right internal jugular vein and extensive lung injury (A) and status before transfer to rehabilitation (B). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, e101-e103DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.035) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions