Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - Crucial Considerations during the Coronavirus Crisis

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.

Editorial

John G Augoustides. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;34(7):1720-1722.

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.03.060. Epub 2020 Apr 7.

¹ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.

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Conflict of Interest The author has no conflict of interest.

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