title: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the treatment of massive pulmonary embolism.
abstract: After witnessing the death of a patient following pulmonary embolectomy, John H. Gibbon, Jr, developed the idea of a device for extracorporeal oxygenation and circulation. What followed has led to the present-day method of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as an effective method of cardiorespiratory support. In this case of massive acute pulmonary embolism, its use in a conscious patient completes the circle from the first ideas of Gibbon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, England.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Arsiwala
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Sosnowski
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Firmin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000628:therapy*