Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is an increasingly adopted
life-saving mechanical circulatory support for a number of potentially reversible or treatable …

Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support (PC-ECLS) in adult patients has been used only
rarely but recent data have shown a remarkable increase in its use, almost certainly due to …

Objectives: To elucidate the epidemiology, complication profiles, hospital outcome, and
predisposing factors of CNS complications occurring during venoarterial extracorporeal …

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aPTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; ACHD, adult congenital heart disease; ADHF …

Purpose Femoral artery surgical cannulation is the reference for venoarterial extracorporeal
membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in adults. However, the less invasive percutaneous …

Background Resuscitation of refractory out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation/ventricular
tachycardia (VF/VT) cardiac arrest using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a method of life support to maintain
cardiopulmonary function. Its use as a medical application has increased since its inception …

Objective Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a salvage therapy
in patients with severe cardiopulmonary failure. Owing to the large size of the cannulas …

Cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, acute respiratory failure, or a combination of such events,
are all potential complications after cardiac surgery which lead to high mortality. Use of …

Objective To review the evidence on neurologic complications in adult extracorporeal
membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients with regard to incidence, pathophysiology, risk …