01-04-2014 | What's New in Intensive Care
What’s new in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiac failure and cardiac arrest in adults?
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2014
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is one of several mechanical circulatory support devices used for patients with cardiac failure (Fig. 1). Advances in both extracorporeal technology and cannulation techniques, which have led to an improved risk–benefit profile, have increased the use and broadened the potential applications for ECMO in these circumstances. Additional data is ultimately needed to select the most appropriate patients and circumstances for extracorporeal support [1].×
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