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Cardiac catheterization of patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Karen L. Booth, MD^*,*, Stephen J. Roth, MD, MPH^*, Stanton B. Perry, MD^*, Pedro J. del Nido, MD, David L. Wessel, MD^* and Peter C. Laussen, MBBS^*

^* Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Type of cardiac catheterization performed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) over time. "Interventional" refers to all other interventions performed at catheterization other than endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) and left atrium (LA) decompression. Striped bars = EMB; dotted bars = LA decompression; open bars = interventional; solid bars = diagnostic.

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Survival of patients (n = 54) catheterized on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation over time. Solid bars = survivors; striped bars = non-survivors.