Extracorporeal life support - systems, indications, and limitations

C Schmid; A Philipp; T Mueller; M Hilker

doi:10.1055/s-0029-1186149

Extracorporeal life support - systems, indications, and limitations

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Dec;57(8):449-54. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1186149.

Authors

C Schmid¹, A Philipp, T Mueller, M Hilker

Affiliation

¹ Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. christof.schmid@klinik.uni-regensburg.de

PMID: 20013616
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1186149

Abstract

Extracorporeal life support is becoming increasingly popular with the miniaturization of the devices necessary for cardiac and pulmonary support. In the present report, the current systems, indications for placement and limitations are reviewed.

Copyright Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart . New York.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / instrumentation*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods
Extracorporeal Circulation / instrumentation*
Extracorporeal Circulation / methods
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods
Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart Function Tests
Heart-Assist Devices
Humans
Life Support Care / instrumentation*
Life Support Care / methods
Oxygenators, Membrane
Respiratory Function Tests
Treatment Outcome