tandem heart is transseptal LV ECMO

• related: Cardiology and Hemodynamics
• tags: #literature #cardiology

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• like ecmo but transseptal LA drainage, FA return circuit
• drains from LA, out of body, then back to femoral artery
• unloads LV if it can’t pump against afterload
• AKA LA-VA, left atrial va ecmo¹

• don’t have this controller anymore. Rare to do now. ²

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Footnotes

1. CHEST Board Review Critical Care? ↩

2. critical care lecture wake ↩