veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(English)

• treatment of choice for patients with respiratory failure refractory to optimal mechanical ventilation and conventional medical treatments. A baseline echocardiographic evaluation is, however, of paramount importance in such critically ill patients to rule out the presence of concomitant cardiac dysfunction. The femoro-jugular technique should be the first-line strategy for VV-ECMO in consideration of its ease of implantation and its effectiveness
• ECMO, TEE
• Pulmonology, Critical Care
• https://doi.org…/jtd.2016.12.88