Lobectomy for Hemorrhagic Lobar Infarction in a Patient with COVID-19.

This report describes a patient with COVID-19 requiring veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) for hypoxic respiratory failure, who developed hemorrhagic infarction of the right lower lobe. During emergency exploration, the patient was found to have a right inferior vein thrombosis and marked lobar hemorrhage mandating lobectomy. PMID: 32987023 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 24, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Geraci TC, Narula N, Smith DE, Moreira AL, Kon ZN, Chang SH Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research