title: Total Artificial Heart, Augmented by Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
abstract: Shortly after SynCardia total artificial heart (TAH) implant, venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) via a 31 Fr Avalon cannula was used for profound hypoxic lung dysfunction. Immediately after starting ECMO, TAH flow increased by 1.5-2.0 L/min, presumably because of augmented TAH filling by the ECMO jet.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Surgery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; †Artificial Heart Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; and ‡Department of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lick
authors.forename: Phat L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Toshinobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Zain I
authors.initials: ZI
authors.lastname: Khalpey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male