Reversed differential cyanosis during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in infants: the reevaluation of an old phenomenon

Eur J Heart Fail. 2017 May:19 Suppl 2:117-119. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.855.

Authors

Matteo Di Nardo¹, Francesca Stoppa¹, Piero David², Roberto Lorusso³, Vito Marco Ranieri⁴, Luciana Mascia⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit - Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.
³ Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department, Heart and Vascular Centre, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
⁴ Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 28470924
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.855

No abstract available

Keywords: ECMO; brain monitoring; cyanosis; infants.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cyanosis / diagnosis
Cyanosis / etiology*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / adverse effects*
Heart Failure / surgery*
Humans
Infant
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / methods*
Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Vertebral Artery / physiopathology