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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:785. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.01.025
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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

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Shekar Lankala Charda Reddy, MD

Division of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 3582 Duke Hospital South, Box 3864, Durham, NC 27710

(Email: reddylcs@gmail.com).

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The use of arteriovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), as an extended measure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, also known as E-CPR, has a definite role; however, it is small and ill defined. In patients where cardiac recovery is anticipated, it is an unpredictable and unknown entity. Often, this is a bridging option to either a transplant or a more definitive mechanical assist device, which in itself may be a further bridge to transplantation or destination therapy. The ease and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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