COVID-19 patients are prone to pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) and right ventricular pressure overload due to severe bilateral infiltrates, high ventilation pressures, persistent hypoxemia, pulmonary fibrosis and/or pulmonary embolism. In patients on extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), this potentially leads to increased recirculation. In the current report, we present a case in which continuous inhaled nitric oxide (iNO)-enriched ventilation was effective in terms of PAH and recirculation reduction in a COVID-19 patient on veno-venous ECMO.
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