Penetrating cardiac trauma and the use of emergent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and therapeutic hypothermia: When cooler heads prevail

Authors

Nathaniel Lee, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityFollow
Daniel Tang, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityFollow
Sudha JayaramanFollow

Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2015

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Trauma Case Reports

Volume

1

Issue

9-12

First Page

95

Last Page

98

DOI of Original Publication

10.1016/j.tcr.2015.10.011

Comments

Originally published at doi:10.1016/j.tcr.2015.10.011.

Funded in part by the VCU Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.

Date of Submission

December 2015

Abstract

This is a case of penetrating chest trauma with traumatic arrest from cardiac tamponade, right and left ventriculotomies, mitral valve injury and ventricular septal defect. Patient underwent resuscitative thoracotomy converted to clamshell thoracotomy for haemorrhage control. Ventriculotomies were repaired on initial damage control operation. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation and therapeutic cooling bridged to definitive cardiac repair several days later. Patient was discharged to an inpatient rehabilitation facility in 16 days.

Rights

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Is Part Of

VCU Surgery Publications