A potential source of cerebral emboli in patients supported with peripheral VA-ECMO

Intensive Care Med. 2019 May;45(5):702-703. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5355-x. Epub 2018 Aug 31.

Authors

Ka Man Fong¹, Shek Yin Au², Hiu Lam Helen Wu¹, George Wing Yiu Ng¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
² Department of Intensive Care, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR. [email protected].

PMID: 30171288
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-018-5355-x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / adverse effects*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Intracranial Embolism / diagnosis
Intracranial Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Embolism / etiology*