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Impact of minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation on systemic inflammatory response – a randomized trial
BackgroundExtracorporeal circulation causes a systemic inflammatory response, that may cause postoperative haemodynamic instability and end-organ...
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Hemoglobin levels and clinical outcomes after extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart surgery: a retrospective cohort study
BackgroundExtracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open heart surgery is a common procedure used to treat heart diseases. However, the optimal...
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Ex Situ Liver Resection and Autotransplantation with Retrohepatic Inferior Vena Cava Reconstruction and Atrial Thrombectomy Under Extracorporeal Circulation for Inferior Vena Cava Leiomyosarcoma
BackgroundSurgery is the only curative treatment for retrohepatic inferior vena cava (r-IVC) leiomyosarcoma.
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How I manage differential gas exchange in peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Dual circulation is a common but underrecognized physiological occurrence associated with peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation...
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Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation in end-stage coronary artery disease patients undergoing myocardial revascularization
BackgroundPatients with coronary artery disease and concomitant heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction < 35%) requiring myocardial...
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Extracorporeal liver support techniques: a comparison
ExtraCorporeal Liver Support (ECLS) systems were developed with the aim of supporting the liver in its detoxification function by clearing the blood...
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Respiratory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
BackgroundThe use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has increased...
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Clinical characteristics of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in China: a multicenter retrospective study
PurposeExtracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) might markedly increase the survival of selected patients with refractory cardiac arrest....
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Rationale for sequential extracorporeal therapy (SET) in sepsis
AbstractSepsis and septic shock remain drivers for morbidity and mortality in critical illness. The clinical picture of patients presenting with...
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Intraoperative cardiac arrest caused by unexpected vasospastic angina requiring prolonged resuscitation using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report
BackgroundVasospastic angina (VSA) occurring during surgery is rare but can lead to sudden intraoperative cardiac arrest.
Case presentation ...
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Epilepsy in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with ExtraCorporeal Circulation: case series and description of a peculiar clinical phenotype
BackgroundExtracorporeal circulation (ECC) is now being increasingly used in critical care settings. Epileptic seizures are a recognized but under...
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Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support of pulmonary insufficiency using Avalon Elite® cannula in pediatric patients
The “Avalon Elite ® ” cannula is a double-lumen cannula used to establish veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. The reported...
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Prognostic effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) start time and the interval between CPR to extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) on patient outcomes under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): a single-center, retrospective observational study
BackgroundThe impact of the chronological sequence of events, including cardiac arrest (CA), initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), return of...
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Magnetic levitation pump versus constrained vortex pump: a pilot study on the hemolysis effect during minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation
BackgroundElevated plasma free hemoglobin is associated with multi-organ injury. In this context, minimally invasive extracorporeal technologies...
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Cerebral Autoregulation: A Target for Improving Neurological Outcomes in Extracorporeal Life Support
Despite improvements in survival after illnesses requiring extracorporeal life support, cerebral injury continues to hinder successful outcomes....
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A review of pre-hospital extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation and its potential application in the North East of England
Patients in the UK who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are treated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the pre-hospital environment....
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„Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation“ – derzeitiger Stand und Indikationen
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) is the application of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (va-ECMO) in patients...
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Dispersion-corrected extracorporeal arterial input functions in PET studies of mice: a comparison to intracorporeal microprobe measurements
BackgroundKinetic modelling of dynamic PET typically requires knowledge of the arterial radiotracer concentration (arterial input function, AIF). Its...
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Relationships among hemolysis indicators and neuron-specific-enolase in patients undergoing veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Neuron-specific-enolase is used as a marker of neurological prognosis after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is also present in red blood cells and...
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Evolutions of extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO): perspectives for advanced hollow fiber membrane
Hollow fiber membrane is incorporated into an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO), and the function of the membrane determines the ECMO's...