The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 55, 787-788, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Subclavian artery cannulation for infant extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
EC McGough, S McGough and JA Hawkins
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
A technique is presented for subclavian artery cannulation for
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This method allows antegrade perfusion
of the carotid artery to occur both during extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation and after decannulation. This method may prevent neurologic
sequelae associated with the more common techniques using the carotid
artery.