ECMO as salvage therapy for severe ARDS complicating Crotalus atrox envenomation

Athanasios Papatriantafyllou, Vasileios Leivaditis, Daniela Prepelita, Florian Steinbach, Manfred Dahm, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfalz Klinikum, Poison Control Center, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Perfusion

Published online on August 11, 2026

Abstract

Perfusion, Ahead of Print.
BackgroundSnakebite envenomation is a global health problem, though rarely encountered in Europe outside captive settings. The Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) is one of the most medically important North American pit vipers, with venom ...