Pressure criterion for placement of distal perfusion catheter to prevent limb ischemia during adult extracorporeal life support

Huang, Shu-Chien MD
Yu, Hsi-Yu MD
Ko, Wen-Je MD
Chen, Yih-Sharng MD

Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.

Address for correspondence: Yih-Sharng Chen, MD, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan S Rd, Taipei 100, Taiwan (E-mail: [email protected]).

Received for publication March 15, 2004; accepted for publication March 25, 2004.

Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 128(5):p 776-777, November 2004.