Life-threatening hypoxemic respiratory failure after repair of acute type a aortic dissection: successful treatment with venoarterial extracorporeal life support using a prosthetic graft attached to the right axillary artery.
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
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Yokota
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Kimura
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Toriumi
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D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008021:Life Support Systems; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*