Improving cannulation time for extracorporeal life support in refractory cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac cause – Comparison of two percutaneous cannulation techniques in the catheterization laboratory in a center without on-site cardiovascular surgery

Cardiac arrest (CA) without return of spontaneous circulation can be treated with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vaECMO) implemented surgically or percutaneously. We performed a study assessing time for vaECMO percutaneous cannulation in the catheterization laboratory.

Source: Resuscitation - November 25, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sebastian Voicu, Patrick Henry, Isabelle Malissin, Dillinger Jean-Guillaume, Anastasios Koumoulidis, Nikos Magkoutis, Demetris Yannopoulos, Damien Logeart, St éphane Manzo-Silberman, Nicolas Péron, Nicolas Deye, Bruno Megarbane, Georgios Sideris Source Type: research