title: Percutaneous left ventricular "vent" insertion for left heart decompression during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Description of a novel method of left ventricular decompression by a percutaneous technique under transthoracic echocardiographic guidance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Supraregional cardiac referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  PATIENT with end-stage cardiomyopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Percutaneous insertion of a modified Mullins transseptal sheath under transthoracic echocardiographic guidance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successful decompression of the left ventricle and subsequent orthotopic heart transplantation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients at high risk of bleeding, a percutaneous technique may be useful for left ventricular decompression.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Michael M  H
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Allan P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: Lara S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Shekerdemian
authors.forename: Kate L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Gordon A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Andrew N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Redington
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male