TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful use of ECMO in a jehovah's witness after complicated re-heart transplant
AU - Russo, Mark J.
AU - Merlo, Aurelie
AU - Eton, Darwin
AU - Patel, Priyank J.
AU - Fedson, Savitri
AU - Anderson, Allen
AU - Shah, Atman
AU - Jeevanandam, Valluvan
PY - 2013/9/13
Y1 - 2013/9/13
N2 - We present a 29-year-old male Jehovah's Witness, who underwent a second orthotopic heart transplantation 20 years after his first transplant. After extubation, the patient aspirated and required support with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). During the period of ECMO support, his hemoglobin decreased to 4.7 mg/dl. The patient was ultimately weaned from ECMO and discharged home. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of 1) heart retransplantation and 2) rescue with ECMO in a Jehovah's Witness patient.
AB - We present a 29-year-old male Jehovah's Witness, who underwent a second orthotopic heart transplantation 20 years after his first transplant. After extubation, the patient aspirated and required support with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). During the period of ECMO support, his hemoglobin decreased to 4.7 mg/dl. The patient was ultimately weaned from ECMO and discharged home. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of 1) heart retransplantation and 2) rescue with ECMO in a Jehovah's Witness patient.
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U2 - 10.1097/MAT.0b013e31829f0efb
DO - 10.1097/MAT.0b013e31829f0efb
M3 - Article
C2 - 23995995
AN - SCOPUS:84883638573
VL - 59
SP - 528
EP - 529
JO - ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992)
JF - ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992)
SN - 1058-2916
IS - 5
ER -