Korean J Crit Care Med.  2016 Nov;31(4):371-374. 10.4266/kjccm.2016.00269.

Successful Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism during Adult Liver Transplantation

• Lim JY
• Kang PJ
• Kim DH

• KMID: 2371195
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4266/kjccm.2016.00269

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Adult*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans
Liver Transplantation*
Liver*
Pulmonary Embolism*

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