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- Title
Refractory cardiac arrest, inferior vena cava agenesis and extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a demanding combination.
- Authors
Colombier, Sébastien; Demondion, Pierre; Bouabdallaoui, Nadia; Lebreton, Guillaume; Leprince, Pascal
- Abstract
Inferior vena cava abnormalities or agenesis had to be suspected in front of technical difficulties during venous catheterization. In the setting of extracorporeal life support and during chest compressions, femoral vascular access is the easiest, most efficient and, perhaps, the first approach for a successful extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In the case of inferior vena cava agenesis leading to cannulation failure and/or complications, the use of the right internal jugular vein for salvage venous cannulation is a potential life-saving strategy.
- Subjects
HEART anatomy; CARDIAC arrest; VENA cava inferior; CHEST (Anatomy); HUMAN abnormalities; CATHETERIZATION; CHEST X rays; CARDIOPULMONARY resuscitation; ANATOMY; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Perfusion, 2017, Vol 32, Issue 8, p695
- ISSN
0267-6591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0267659117712407