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Background
In heart transplantation (HT), peripheral veno‐arterial extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (VA‐ECMO) is utilized preoperatively as a direct bridge to HT or postoperatively for primary graft dysfunction (PGD). Little is known about wound complications of an arterial VA‐ECMO cannulation site which can be fatal.
Methods
From 2009 to 2021, outcomes of 80 HT recipients who were supported...