Postcardiotomy refractory ventricular fibrillation: rescue using veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Ilya Soynov; Igor Kornilov; Alexey Zubritskiy; Dmitriy Ponomarev; Nataliya Nichay; Artem Gorbatykh; Alexey Voitov; Alexander Karaskov

doi:10.1177/0267659117747375

Postcardiotomy refractory ventricular fibrillation: rescue using veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Perfusion. 2018 Jul;33(5):401-403. doi: 10.1177/0267659117747375. Epub 2017 Dec 11.

Authors

Ilya Soynov¹, Igor Kornilov², Alexey Zubritskiy¹, Dmitriy Ponomarev², Nataliya Nichay¹, Artem Gorbatykh¹, Alexey Voitov¹, Alexander Karaskov¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Congenital Heart Disease, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
² 2 Department of Anesthesiology, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.

PMID: 29228895
DOI: 10.1177/0267659117747375

Abstract

We present a case of 7-hour ventricular fibrillation with successful use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to recovery in a 30-year-old patient with grown-up congenital heart disease who underwent pulmonary valve replacement.

Keywords: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; grown-up congenital heart disease; tetralogy of Fallot; ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / complications
Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Ventricular Fibrillation / complications
Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology*
Ventricular Fibrillation / surgery*