The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 594-600 , September 2007

Prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted support provides improved survival in hypothermic patients with cardiocirculatory arrest

Presented at the World Congress of Cardiology, September 2006, Barcelona, Spain.

  • Elfriede Ruttmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Elfriede Ruttmann, MD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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  • Annemarie Weissenbacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Hanno Ulmer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economy, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Ludwig Müller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Daniel Höfer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Juliane Kilo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Walter Rabl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Birgit Schwarz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria.
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  • Günther Laufer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Herwig Antretter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Peter Mair, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria.

Received 14 January 2007 ,Revised 12 March 2007 ,Accepted 22 March 2007.

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    Severe pulmonary edema in a person rescued from a crevasse after successful ECMO-assisted resuscitation. Prolonged ECMO assistance was necessary for 27 hours because of massive reperfusion edema of th

    Severe pulmonary edema in a person rescued from a crevasse after successful ECMO-assisted resuscitation. Prolonged ECMO assistance was necessary for 27 hours because of massive reperfusion edema of the lung. Computed tomographic scan was performed after the patient was normothermic. ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

PII: S0022-5223(07)00813-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.03.049

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 594-600 , September 2007

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