Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in staged combined heart–kidney transplant

Authors :: Tareq Al Saadi
Sunil Pauwaa
Christopher Sciamanna
Patroklos Pappas
Ambar Andrade
Muhyaldeen Dia
Anjali Joshi
Antone Tatooles
Gregory Macaluso
Michael Bresticker
William Cotts
Source :: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.
Abstract: Outside of heart and lung transplantation, only few cases have been reported describing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) use in solid organ transplantation. We present a case of a staged combined heart–kidney transplant in which VA-ECMO was utilized after a complicated orthotopic heart transplantation to successfully complete the subsequent renal transplantation.

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