title: Prolonged Support Using a Percutaneous OxyRVAD in a Patient with End-Stage Lung Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Right Cardiac Failure.
abstract: Options for cardiopulmonary support in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) that is not associated with left-sided heart failure are limited. We describe the novel use of prolonged percutaneous venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a right ventricular assist device in a patient presenting with cardiogenic shock because of severe PH decompensation.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and †Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Christian A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bermudez
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lagazzi
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Crespo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000628:therapy*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000628:therapy*