Prague Med. Rep. 2017, 118, 139-146

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2017.15

Catastrophic Left Ventricular Thrombosis Complicating Extra-corporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Report

Michal Pořízka1, Petr Kopecký1, Vladimír Mikulenka2, Jan Kunstýř1, Michal Lipš1, Martin Balík1

1Department of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
22nd Department of Surgery – Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Received August 21, 2017
Accepted December 5, 2017

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