title: Emergency extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-supported percutaneous coronary interventions in the fibrillating heart.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moscucci
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zivin
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: 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*