Arterial chimney graft cannulation for interventional lung assist.

Bürkle, Martin A; Sodian, Ralf; Kaczmarek, Ingo; Weig, Thomas; Frey, Lorenz; Irlbeck, Michael; Dolch, Michael E · Ann Thorac Surg · 2012

case_report · Level V

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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.

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