A Case Report of Venoarterial ECMO as Salvage Therapy for Prolonged Cardiac Arrest Following Post-Reperfusion Intracardiac Thrombosis During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Diana N Romano; Natalie K Smith; Shinobu Itagaki; Yuki Bekki; Ganesh Gunasekaran; Jeron Zerillo

doi:10.1177/1089253220952628

A Case Report of Venoarterial ECMO as Salvage Therapy for Prolonged Cardiac Arrest Following Post-Reperfusion Intracardiac Thrombosis During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Mar;25(1):62-66. doi: 10.1177/1089253220952628. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

Authors

Diana N Romano¹, Natalie K Smith¹, Shinobu Itagaki¹, Yuki Bekki¹, Ganesh Gunasekaran¹, Jeron Zerillo¹

Affiliation

¹ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 32838666
DOI: 10.1177/1089253220952628

Abstract

In this report we describe the use of intraoperative venoarterial ECMO as salvage therapy in a unique case of post-reperfusion intracardiac thrombosis during liver transplantation with prolonged ACLS and coagulopathy. The limited literature on intraoperative ECMO as salvage therapy in liver transplantation is reviewed.

Keywords: VA ECMO; case report; intracardiac thrombosis; liver transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
Fatal Outcome
Heart Arrest / etiology
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Liver Transplantation / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Reperfusion / methods*
Salvage Therapy / methods*
Thrombosis / complications*
Time