Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as A Bridge to Surgery in Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect with Cardiogenic Shock: Case Report
- Resource Type
- report
- Authors
- Besa, Santiago; Walbaum, Jonathan; González, Rodrigo; Baraona, Fernando; Garrido-Olivares, Luis
- Source
- Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. January 2022
- Subject
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Ventricular Heart Septal Defects
Shock
Cardiogenic
Myocardial Infarctation
Hospital Mortality
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0102-7638
We describe a 60-year-old woman with post-myocardial infarction (MI) ventricular septal defect (VSD) and cardiogenic shock who was successfully stabilized with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) as a bridge therapy for the surgical closure of her VSD. This case highlights the role of VA-ECMO in the management of post-MI VSD to improve the results of surgical repair and patient survival.