Abstract
Veno-arterial extracoporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is increasingly used for acute and refractory cardiogenic shock. Yet, in clinical practice, monitoring of cardiac loading conditions during VA ECMO can be cumbersome. To this end, we illustrate the validity and clinical applicability of a real-time cardiovascular computer simulation, which allows to integrate hemodynamics, cardiac dimensions and the corresponding degree of VA ECMO support and ventricular loading in individual patients over time.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 4 |
Journal | Journal of translational medicine |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Jan 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Extracorporeal life support (ECLS)
- Realtime cardiovascular computer simulation
- Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Diastole
- Cardiogenic shock
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Heart failure
- Heart Ventricles
- Hemodynamics
- Humans
- Monitoring, Physiologic
- Precision Medicine