Weaning of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation using continuous hemodynamic transesophageal echocardiography Nicholas C. Cavarocchi, MD, Harrison T. Pitcher, MD, Qiong Yang, MD, Pawel Karbowski, MS, Joseph Miessau, MS, Harold M. Hastings, PhD, Hitoshi Hirose, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 146, Issue 6, Pages 1474-1479 (December 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.055 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 The final disposition of patients on the basis of hemodynamic transesophageal echocardiography (hTEE) assessment. ECMO, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; RV, right ventricle; LV, left ventricle; LVAD, left ventricular assist device; tx, treatment; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; PEA, pulseless electric activity; ICD, internal cardiac defibrillator. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 1474-1479DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.055) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions