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Abstract
Background: Due to the highly invasive nature of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO), advanced malignancy is considered a relative contraindication. We here report a patient with hemodynamic collapse secondary to metastatic lung cancer in whom bridging via VA-ECMO was successful.
Case presentation: A 35-year-old man with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer harboring a deletion in exon 19 of epidermal growth factor receptor developed acute right ventricular failure and hemodynamic collapse due to pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy. Because treatment with the targeted agent osimertinib had already been initiated and a rapid response was anticipated, VA-ECMO was instituted as a bridge to its therapeutic effect. The patient's hemodynamics stabilized within 7 days, permitting VA-ECMO decannulation. At the time of writing, the patient is continuing to undergo regular outpatient follow-up.
Conclusions: In carefully selected oncology patients with highly treatment-sensitive disease, short-term VA-ECMO may be an effective bridge to systemic therapy.
期刊介绍:
JA Clinical Reports is a companion journal to the Journal of Anesthesia (JA), the official journal of the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA). This journal is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal related to clinical anesthesia practices such as anesthesia management, pain management and intensive care. Case reports are very important articles from the viewpoint of education and the cultivation of scientific thinking in the field of anesthesia. However, submissions of anesthesia research and clinical reports from Japan are notably decreasing in major anesthesia journals. Therefore, the JSA has decided to launch a new journal, JA Clinical Reports, to encourage JSA members, particularly junior Japanese anesthesiologists, to publish papers in English language.