title: Using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support preoperatively and postoperatively as a successful bridge to recovery in a patient with a large infarct-induced ventricular septal defect.
abstract: Rupture of the ventricular septum during acute myocardial infarction usually occurs within the first week. The event is usually followed by low cardiac output, heart failure, and multiorgan failure. Despite the many advances in the nonoperative treatment of heart failure and cardiogenic shock, including the intra-aortic balloon pump and a multitude of new inotropic agents and vasodilators, these do not supplant the need for operative intervention in these critically ill patients. This article describes the successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support as a bridge to recovery postoperatively in a patient with a large infarct-produced ventricular septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Jacob, Patel, Lima, Malyala, Chamogeorgakis, MacHannaford, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Rafael) and the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute (Lima, Felius, Chamogeorgakis, Gonzalez-Stawinski), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Jacob, Patel, Lima, Malyala, Chamogeorgakis, MacHannaford, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Rafael) and the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute (Lima, Felius, Chamogeorgakis, Gonzalez-Stawinski), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Mitesh J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Jacob, Patel, Lima, Malyala, Chamogeorgakis, MacHannaford, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Rafael) and the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute (Lima, Felius, Chamogeorgakis, Gonzalez-Stawinski), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Jacob, Patel, Lima, Malyala, Chamogeorgakis, MacHannaford, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Rafael) and the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute (Lima, Felius, Chamogeorgakis, Gonzalez-Stawinski), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Felius
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Jacob, Patel, Lima, Malyala, Chamogeorgakis, MacHannaford, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Rafael) and the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute (Lima, Felius, Chamogeorgakis, Gonzalez-Stawinski), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Rajasekhar S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Malyala
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Jacob, Patel, Lima, Malyala, Chamogeorgakis, MacHannaford, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Rafael) and the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute (Lima, Felius, Chamogeorgakis, Gonzalez-Stawinski), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Themistokles
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chamogeorgakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Jacob, Patel, Lima, Malyala, Chamogeorgakis, MacHannaford, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Rafael) and the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute (Lima, Felius, Chamogeorgakis, Gonzalez-Stawinski), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: MacHannaford
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Jacob, Patel, Lima, Malyala, Chamogeorgakis, MacHannaford, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Rafael) and the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute (Lima, Felius, Chamogeorgakis, Gonzalez-Stawinski), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Gonzalo V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Stawinski
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Jacob, Patel, Lima, Malyala, Chamogeorgakis, MacHannaford, Gonzalez-Stawinski, Rafael) and the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute (Lima, Felius, Chamogeorgakis, Gonzalez-Stawinski), Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Aldo E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rafael