Author(s)

Sohail Siddique^*, Najdat Bazarbashi, Abdullah Ashmeg, Asif Mahmood, Abdul Aziz Alhosan, Amro Saeed

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, KSA.

Myriad surgical and medical remedies including Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) are being employed for acute right ventricle with varying results. Very few cases have been documented in literature regarding the role of VA ECMO for right ventricular failure after open heart surgery. We retrospectively analyzed all cases eliciting VA ECMO for post-operative right heart failure over a period of 24 months. Data was completely delineated for demography, pre-operative patient status at length, brief venipuncture course, indications for VA ECMO and its outcome after institution.

Open Heart Surgery, Right Ventricular Failure, VA ECMO

Siddique, S. , Bazarbashi, N. , Ashmeg, A. , Mahmood, A. , Alhosan, A. and Saeed, A. (2017) Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Post Cardiotomy Acute Right Ventricle Failure in Adults. World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 7, 73-78. doi: 10.4236/wjcs.2017.76009.