A Rare Cause of Severe Biventricular Dyssynchrony During Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19 Respiratory Failure

Amber Zdanovec; Dustin Hang; Adam R Pagryzinski; M Tracy Zundel; Justin N Tawil; Paul S Pagel

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2022.03.028

A Rare Cause of Severe Biventricular Dyssynchrony During Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19 Respiratory Failure

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Aug;36(8 Pt A):2833-2838. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.03.028. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

Authors

Amber Zdanovec¹, Dustin Hang¹, Adam R Pagryzinski¹, M Tracy Zundel¹, Justin N Tawil², Paul S Pagel³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
³ Anesthesia Service, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: pspagel@mcw.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Adult respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19; Contractile dyssynchrony; Mechanical circulatory support; Regional wall motion abnormality; Tension pneumothorax.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / therapy
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans
Respiratory Insufficiency* / etiology
Respiratory Insufficiency* / therapy