ECMO as a bridge to non-transplant …

Wallinder, A., et al. (2017). "ECMO as a bridge to non-transplant cardiac surgery." Journal of Cardiac Surgery 32(8): 514-521.

Cardiac surgery performed on patients in cardiogenic shock is associated with a high mortality and morbidity. This review outlines the current role of preoperative venoarterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation to allow hemodynamic stability and organ recovery before definitive cardiac surgery.