Watershed phenomena during extracorporeal life support and their clinical impact: a systematic in vitro investigation

Abstract Aims Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) during acute cardiac failure restores haemodynamic stability and provides life‐saving cardiopulmonary support. Unfortunately, all common cannulation strategies and remaining pulmonary blood flow increase left‐ventricular afterload and may favour pulmo...

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Main Authors: Johannes Gehron, Maximilian Schuster, Florian Rindler, Markus Bongert, Andreas Böning, Gabriele Krombach, Martin Fiebich, Philippe Grieshaber, EMPACS (Exploration of the mixing phenomena during interaction of internal and external circulations) study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-08-01
Series:ESC Heart Failure
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12751