Arterial chimney graft cannulation for interventional lung assist

Martin A Bürkle; Ralf Sodian; Ingo Kaczmarek; Thomas Weig; Lorenz Frey; Michael Irlbeck; Michael E Dolch

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.031

Arterial chimney graft cannulation for interventional lung assist

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Oct;94(4):1335-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.031.

Authors

Martin A Bürkle¹, Ralf Sodian, Ingo Kaczmarek, Thomas Weig, Lorenz Frey, Michael Irlbeck, Michael E Dolch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 23006692
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.031

Abstract

An interventional lung assist membrane ventilator (iLA) for arteriovenous extracorporeal CO2 removal was connected to a small-diameter femoral artery by use of a chimney graft in an underweight patient with acute respiratory failure and a previous history of heart-lung transplantation. This concept offers additional therapeutic options in underweight patients requiring extracorporeal CO2 removal with arterial vessels that are too small for percutaneous arterial cannulation with standard-sized percutaneous insertable iLA cannulae.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Catheters, Indwelling*
Equipment Design
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
Female
Femoral Artery / transplantation*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Respiration, Artificial*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*
Young Adult