PMID- 28496031 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180613 LR - 20220409 IS - 1347-4820 (Electronic) IS - 1346-9843 (Linking) VI - 81 IP - 10 DP - 2017 Sep 25 TI - Atrial Septostomy for Left Atrial Decompression During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Inoue Balloon Catheter. PG - 1419-1423 LID - 10.1253/circj.CJ-16-1308 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Refractory pulmonary edema is an infrequent but serious complication in patients receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for myocardial failure. Left atrial (LA) decompression in this setting is important. Although a few methods have been reported, the experience is mostly limited to children. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of Inoue balloon catheter in percutaneous trans-septal LA decompression in adult cardiogenic patients.Methods and Results:We retrospectively analyzed 16 procedures of trans-septal LA decompression by Inoue balloon catheter in 15 VA-ECMO patients (aged 22-65 years, 6 men) with refractory pulmonary edema from May 2012 to December 2014. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 15%. The cause of cardiogenic shock included 7 cases of ischemic heart disease, 1 of dilated cardiomyopathy, 5 of myocarditis, and 2 of fatal ventricular arrhythmia.The procedures were performed 4.3 days after ECMO. Inoue balloon size was 24-27 mm. LA septostomy were successfully created in 14 patients. Procedure time on average was 36.8 min (range, 15-85 min). There were no procedure-related complications.Radiography on the next day showed rapid resolution of pulmonary edema. CONCLUSIONS: Trans-septal LA decompression by Inoue balloon catheter is a feasible alternative method for adult patients with refractory pulmonary edema under ECMO. FAU - Lin, Yen-Nien AU - Lin YN AD - Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, China Medical University Hospital. AD - Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, China Medical University Hospital. AD - Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University. FAU - Chen, Yin-Huei AU - Chen YH AD - Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital. FAU - Wang, Huang-Joe AU - Wang HJ AD - Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, China Medical University Hospital. AD - Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, China Medical University Hospital. FAU - Hung, Jui-Sung AU - Hung JS AD - Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, China Medical University Hospital. FAU - Chang, Kuan-Cheng AU - Chang KC AD - Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, China Medical University Hospital. AD - Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, China Medical University Hospital. AD - Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University. FAU - Lo, Ping-Han AU - Lo PH AD - Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, China Medical University Hospital. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170511 PL - Japan TA - Circ J JT - Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society JID - 101137683 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Catheters MH - Decompression, Surgical/*methods MH - *Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation MH - Feasibility Studies MH - Female MH - Heart Atria/*surgery MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Pulmonary Edema/*therapy MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Shock, Cardiogenic MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - Atrial septostomy OT - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation OT - Left atrial decompression OT - Pulmonary edema OT - Trans-septal catheterization EDAT- 2017/05/13 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/14 06:00 CRDT- 2017/05/13 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1253/circj.CJ-16-1308 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Circ J. 2017 Sep 25;81(10):1419-1423. doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-16-1308. Epub 2017 May 11.