Emergency extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-supported percutaneous coronary interventions in the fibrillating heart.
We describe two cases of refractory ventricular fibrillation complicating transcatheter interventional procedures. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used in each to support percutaneous coronary revascularization in the fibrillating heart as a means of facilitating successful restoration of sinus rhythm. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 48:402-405, 1999.
Ricciardi
M J
MJ
Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Moscucci
M
M
Knight
B P
BP
Zivin
A
A
Bartlett
R H
RH
Bates
E R
ER
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*