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Heart Collapse During Critical Care Device Use Raises Safety Questions
A detailed case report documents cardiac tamponade—life-threatening fluid buildup around the heart—occurring in a patient on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO), a device keeping critically ill patients alive. The finding highlights a rare but serious complication that hospital systems and device makers need to understand better to improve patient safety protocols.
Originaltitel: Cardiac tamponade during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report