Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as A Bridge to Surgery in Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect with Cardiogenic Shock: Case Report
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Santiago Besa; Jonathan Walbaum; Rodrigo González; Fernando Baraona; Luis Garrido-Olivares
- Source
- Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (2022)
- Subject
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Ventricular Heart Septal Defects
Shock
Cardiogenic
Myocardial Infarctation
Hospital Mortality
Surgery
RD1-811
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1678-9741
ABSTRACT 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.