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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1406-1407
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Hilary P. Grocott, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710

(Email: h.grocott@duke.edu).

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly used as a means to support patients suffering from severe but reversible pulmonary or cardiac failure, or both. As the frontiers of both cardiothoracic surgery and critical care medicine are continually advanced, it is expected that the numbers of patients that will receive and hopefully benefit from ECMO will increase substantially in the coming years. Although this life-support mechanism is offered to patients who would otherwise succumb to their illness, one cannot help being concerned that this aggressive resuscitative technique may lead to more . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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