Emergency extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-supported percutaneous coronary interventions in the fibrillating heart

M J Ricciardi; M Moscucci; B P Knight; A Zivin; R H Bartlett; E R Bates

doi:10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199912)48:4<402::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-3

Emergency extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-supported percutaneous coronary interventions in the fibrillating heart

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 1999 Dec;48(4):402-5. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199912)48:4<402::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-3.

Authors

M J Ricciardi¹, M Moscucci, B P Knight, A Zivin, R H Bartlett, E R Bates

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.

PMID: 10559824
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199912)48:4<402::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-3

Abstract

We describe two cases of refractory ventricular fibrillation complicating transcatheter interventional procedures. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used in each to support percutaneous coronary revascularization in the fibrillating heart as a means of facilitating successful restoration of sinus rhythm. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 48:402-405, 1999.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Stents
Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy*