At the time of publication, bedside percutaneous VA ECMO decannulations are performed exclusively with the MANTA closure device in the authors’ cardiovascular ICU. They are able to consistently deploy this device with a single attempt...
The patient is a sixty-two-year-old male with notable past medical history of GERD who was diagnosed with T3N1 esophageal adenocarcinoma during an endoscopy for dysphagia. Endoscopic evaluation demonstrated gross changes...