Individualized real-time clinical decision support to monitor cardiac loading during venoarterial ECMO

Michael Broomé, DW Donker

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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 languageEnglish
Article number14:4
JournalJournal of Translational Medicine [E]
Volume14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2016

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

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