Left ventricular thrombus formation in patients undergoing femoral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Abstract

Management strategies for patients with femoral VA-ECMO support and severely impaired LV function must be reassessed to avoid insufficient LV unloading at an early stage of ECMO therapy. Early LV decompression should be considered in patients with insufficient unloading of the LV to prevent intra-cardiac thrombus formation.