HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Hartford Hospital is one of a few centers using ECMO, a leading-edge, life-saving treatment method for patients with respiratory and cardiac failure. Dr. Jason Gluck, director ...

A nationwide cohort study identifies key factors linked to ECMO in-hospital mortality in adults. Find out more.

Kelli Gehrke, 36, had been in cardiac arrest for seven minutes when a mobile team of doctors and specialists flown in from Harborview Medical Center connected her to a life-saving machine that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The ECMO system can get in the way of cell therapy delivery. Consecutive Intrabronchial Administration may be an ...

INDIANAPOLIS – When the Bayles family brought their 3-year-old daughter, Mila, to Riley Hospital for Children in early January, they never imagined she might not walk back out. What they thought was ...

It’s a machine the size of a breadbox, but it’s making an enormous difference for patients at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center. Now, the center is expanding what’s known as its ...

YORK, Pa. — WellSpan York Hospital has 10 ECMO machines that officials say have saved nearly 400 lives. "ECMO is the highest form of life support that is currently offered in the world. It can either ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Odds for survival on ECMO to transplant went down if the patient had an older age at listing. Survival did not ...

A recent study published in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery found about 2% of patients undergoing congenital ...

When a patient is in cardiac failure, a machine called the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation mimics the function of the heart and lungs. This life-saving technology was pioneered by Dr. Robert H.