Medically reviewed by Maria M. LoTempio, MD A heart-lung machine is a piece of medical equipment that temporarily takes over the work of the heart and lungs, circulating oxygenated blood throughout ...

In December, YNHH integrated the newly FDA-approved Medtronic VitalFlow ECMO System and first used it to transfer a patient ...

The UAB Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program aims to staff multiple patients in need of ECMO treatment in a dedicated section of the cardiothoracic ICU with full support of an ECMO ...

At UNM, physicians connect critical hantavirus victims to a massive and elaborate set of tubes, drains and pumps known as ECMO - extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation - a machine that bypasses a person ...

The ECMO system, which provides life support for patients with severe heart and lung failure, represents a major advancement ...

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She was placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device, which circulates blood through an artificial lung. But her lungs continued to shrink and harden even after it was confirmed ...

such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) systems and endoscopic vessel harvesting (EVH). On-pump devices include heart-lung machines, oxygenators, reservoirs, cardioplegia sets ...