Stroke Patterns and Cannulation Strategy during Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Support
Running head: Stroke and VA-ECMO cannulation strategy
Mia Nishikawa, BA1, Joshua Willey, MD2, Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD1, Yuji Kaku, MD1, Yuming Ning, PhD3, Paul A. Kurlansky, MD1, Daniel Brodie, MD4, Amirali Masoumi, MD5, Justin Fried, MD5, Koji Takeda, MD, PhD1
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Brief title: Stroke and ECMO Arterial Cannulation Strategy
1Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
2Department of Neurology
3Department of Surgery, Center for Innovation and Outcomes Research
4Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
5Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Address for correspondence:
Dr. Koji Takeda
177 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, NY 10032
Telephone: 212-305-6380; Fax: 212-342-3520 E-mail: kt2485@cumc.columbia.edu