Gultekin, BahadirErsoy, OzgurAkkaya, IlknurKayipmaz, CagriPirat, ArasSezgin, Atilla2023-06-152023-06-1520161304-0855http://hdl.handle.net/11727/9618Objectives: Left ventricular distention can be recognized during the use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a key complication. Left ventricular decompression may decrease pulmonary pressure, minimize ventricular distention, and allow myocardial recovery. Materials and Methods: We applied venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to 4 patients while on a wait list for cardiac transplant. Results: Two patients with severe heart failure developed high end-diastolic pressures leading to left ventricular distention. We used atrial venting methods to decrease the pressure. Conclusions: Here, we discussed the strategies to manage ventricular distention by conservative, interventional, and surgical means.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessECMOTreatmentVentricular distentionarticle14Supplement 342440003984576000092-s2.0-85016947859