Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the treatment of massive pulmonary embolism.
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.
Davies
M J
MJ
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, England.
Arsiwala
S S
SS
Moore
H M
HM
Kerr
S
S
Sosnowski
A W
AW
Firmin
R K
RK
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000628:therapy*