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Impact of postcardiotomy ECMO utilization after the Norwood procedure in the United States

Abstract Background Norwood surgery is the first stage in the surgical palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and its variants. Postcardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be required in..

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Postcardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients older than 70 years: Characteristics, outcomes, and variables associated with mortality

Abstract Objectives Age is the main determinant for mortality in patients requiring postcardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (PC-ECMO), but strategies to reverse this trend are unknown. This study investigates PC-ECMO outcomes..

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