VA ECMO Unloading - LV Venting Different LV Venting ...

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VA ECMO Unloading - LV Venting

Different LV Venting Strategies work through these basic mechanisms: ↓ Preload, ↑ Contractility, ↓ Afterload

 • Inotropes: ↑ Contractility

 • Vasodilators: ↓ Afterload

 • Reducing ECMO Flow: ↓ Afterload

 • IABP: ↓ Afterload

 • Septostomy: ↓ Preload

 • IMPELLA: ↓ Preload



- Cardionerds - Karan Desai MD, MPH @karanpdesai



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Dr. Gerald Diaz

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