Successful use of ECMO in a jehovah's witness after complicated re-heart transplant

Mark J. Russo, Aurelie Merlo, Darwin Eton, Priyank J. Patel, Savitri Fedson, Allen Anderson, Atman Shah, Valluvan Jeevanandam

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Resumen

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.

Idioma originalEnglish (US)
Páginas (desde-hasta)528-529
Número de páginas2
PublicaciónASAIO Journal
Volumen59
N.º5
DOI
EstadoPublished - 2013
Publicado de forma externa

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • Biophysics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomaterials

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