Abstract

Percutaneous cannulation improved femoro-femoral veno-arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO) results, reducing infectious complications, but remains limited by vascular complications related to the arterial decannulation. Several techniques were described to perform a percutaneous decannulation but were limited by poor results or lacking reproducibility and fit to the VA-ECMO in cardiogenic shock. We report herein a novel simplified technic for femoro-femoral VA-ECMO decannulation: the combined use of Manta® and FemoSeal® for percutaneous VA-ECMO decannulation is an easy to learn, reproducible and effective technique, and appears to improve the outcomes of VA-ECMO.

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