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Severe Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis: A Tale of 2 Circuits.

ABSTRACT: A 25-year-old woman with severe tricuspid valve endocarditis and septic pulmonary emboli required VA-ECMO for recurrent hypoxemia-induced cardiac arrest. We present the clinical challenges requiring ECMO circuit reconfiguration and a percutaneous approach for vegetation debulking. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

SUBMITTER: Zern EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8414435 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A 25-year-old woman with severe tricuspid valve endocarditis and septic pulmonary emboli required VA-ECMO for recurrent hypoxemia-induced cardiac arrest. We present the clinical challenges requiring ECMO circuit reconfiguration and a percutaneous approach for vegetation debulking. (<b>Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.</b>). ...[more]