TY - JOUR AU - Edemskiy, Alexander AU - Chernyavskiy, Mikhail AU - Tarkova, Alexandra AU - Chernyavskiy, Alexander PY - 2016 DA - 2016/05/04 TI - Central extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of reperfusion oedema following pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: a case report JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 76 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - One of the most severe and frequent complication of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy is reperfusion pulmonary oedema. The only effective treatment for this complication is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. A case of successful treatment of reperfusion pulmonary oedema with prolonged veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation complicated by several episodes of bleeding and surgical site infection is presented. SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0476-1 DO - 10.1186/s13019-016-0476-1 ID - Edemskiy2016 ER -