title: Arterial chimney graft cannulation for interventional lung assist.
abstract: An interventional lung assist membrane ventilator (iLA) for arteriovenous extracorporeal CO2 removal was connected to a small-diameter femoral artery by use of a chimney graft in an underweight patient with acute respiratory failure and a previous history of heart-lung transplantation. This concept offers additional therapeutic options in underweight patients requiring extracorporeal CO2 removal with arterial vessels that are too small for percutaneous arterial cannulation with standard-sized percutaneous insertable iLA cannulae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bürkle
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sodian
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weig
authors.forename: Lorenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irlbeck
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dolch
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004867:Equipment Design; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult