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- A 38-year-old man with progressive alveolitis secondary to polymyositis was treated for 52 days with venovenous and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to bilateral lung transplantation. The patient survived, despite multiple complications, and is now back home with good pulmonary function. He is working part-time nearly 3 years post-transplant. This case shows that long-term extracorporeal lung assist is a viable but demanding alternative for bridging patients to pulmonary transplantation. This case also shows that right ventricular failure necessating conversion to veno-arterial assist does not necessarily predict right ventricular failure post-transplant.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Anestesi och intensivvård (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Adult
- Dermatomyositis/*complications/diagnosis
- Disease Progression
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/*methods
- Follow-Up Studies
- Heart Failure/etiology/therapy
- Hemodynamics/physiology
- Humans
- Lung Transplantation/methods
- Male
- Pulmonary Fibrosis/etiology/surgery
- Respiratory Insufficiency/etiology/*therapy
- Risk Assessment
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
- *Waiting Lists
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- art (subject category)
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