ECMO

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Successful Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Bridge to Lung Transplant With a Patient Transported From Hawaii to Nashville, Tennessee

September 11, 2025 | Ali MashadiSilver Contributor

This report by Adjei and colleagues describes a prolonged course of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplantation. A 58-year-old woman in Hawaii developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to influenza...

Video

ISMICS 2026 | How to Do It Movie Session, Part 1

July 10, 2026 | Danny Ramzy…

This session features leading surgeons presenting on advanced techniques—including robotic implantation, carinal resection, and aortic valve replacement (AVR)—at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026....

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Ice Water Drowning Survival After 147-Minute Submersion and 7 °C Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

July 9, 2026 | Ali MashadiSilver Contributor

This case reported by Bartoli and colleagues describes the remarkable recovery of a child who survived prolonged submersion in ice-cold water, enduring more than 2.5 hours of deep hypothermic, asystolic...

Podcast

The Lifeline: ECMO vs Emergency Resternotomy for Cardiac Surgical Arrest

July 8, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor…

In this edition of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder of the...

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Lung Transplant Feasibility After Lobar Resection in a Case of Pectus Excavatum and Severe Unilateral Space Loss

June 16, 2026 | Sanjay Agrawal…

A 28-year-old female initially presented in 2022 with a persistent cough. Computed tomography (CT) imaging demonstrated features consistent with pulmonary sarcoidosis, which was subsequently confirmed by bronchoscopic biopsy. She was...

JANS Article

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome After Pneumonectomy

March 5, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors report the use of ECMO in 8 pts who suffered ARDS after pneumonectomy. Predicted mortality was 80% prior to ECMO institution. ECMO was weaned in 7 pts and...

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ECMO is Not Always the Solution: A Case of Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Rupture

February 21, 2017 | Ioannis Loumiotis…

An otherwise healthy 22-year-old male presented with signs and symptoms suggestive of acute appendicitis. His clinical status rapidly deteriorated, requiring mechanical ventilation and vasopressor support. Cardiothoracic surgery was consulted for...

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Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiac Critical Care: A State of the Art Review and Algorithm for Device Selection

January 31, 2017 | Rakesh Arora

The authors of this review article offer an approach to the utilization of a contempory mechanical circulatory support devices. They further provide insights of the key role that well-functioning interdisciplinary...

JANS Article

Living without lungs for six days saves mom’s life

January 25, 2017 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

In a bold and very challenging move, thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital (TGH) removed severely infected lungs from a dying mom, keeping her alive without them for six days,...

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Predictors of survival in adults undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with severe infections

November 23, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

An institutional registry of ECMO patients was surveyed to determine predictors of survival among patients receiving ECMO in the presence of sepsis. Among 151 studied patients, pneumonia was the most...

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Clinical Significance of Spontaneous Echo Contrast on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

October 13, 2016 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

This single-center study explored the relationship between spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and the incidence of thromboembolism and CVA in 98 patients undergoing peripheral VA ECMO. Twenty-two percent of patients had...

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Mechanical circulatory support is associated with loss of platelet receptors glycoprotein Ibα and glycoprotein VI

September 19, 2016 | Joseph Basha

It’s well known that VAD and ECMO are associated with bleeding and decreased platelet activity. This study investigated whether loss of platelet receptors occurred in 21 VAD patients and 20...

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Severe Thrombocytopenia in Adults with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use.

July 24, 2016 | Joseph Basha

The authors, using 2 groups of patients, 32 ECMO and 53 non-ECMO, both with a diagnosis of ARDS, describe the two groups’ severity of illness, medication regimen and use or...

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