TY - JOUR AU - Strecker, Thomas AU - Münch, Frank AU - Weyand, Michael PY - 2012/08/23 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - One Hundred Ten Days of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Young Woman with Postpartum Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome JF - The Heart Surgery Forum JA - HSF VL - 15 IS - 4 SE - DO - 10.1532/HSF98.20111068 UR - https://journal.hsforum.com/index.php/HSF/article/view/5 SP - 180-E181 AB - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is often the last resort for serious acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) when all non-invasive treatment options have failed to improve the patient's pulmonary condition. We present a successful long-term therapy with ECMO over 110 days in a 28-year-old woman. She developed postpartum cerebral venous thrombosis with severe respiratory insufficiency. Veno-venous ECMO rescued this young patient, allowing for full recovery. ER -