Extracorporeal circulation and cardiac arrest in an awake patient: a safe approach for single lung pulmonary artery stenting?

Florian Heid; Stefan Guth; Eckhard Mayer; Sascha Herber; Christoph Düber; Irene Tzanova; Christian Werner

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.065

Extracorporeal circulation and cardiac arrest in an awake patient: a safe approach for single lung pulmonary artery stenting?

Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Aug;82(2):746-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.065.

Authors

Florian Heid¹, Stefan Guth, Eckhard Mayer, Sascha Herber, Christoph Düber, Irene Tzanova, Christian Werner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. heid@uni-mainz.de

PMID: 16863809
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.11.065

Abstract

We describe the anesthetic concept and approach in a single lung patient scheduled for pulmonary artery stenting due to recurrence of a pulmonary artery sarcoma after left pneumectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Extracorporeal Circulation*
Heart Arrest, Induced*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery*
Sarcoma / surgery*
Stents*
Vascular Neoplasms / surgery*