The Age Barrier for VV ECMO-Where Should It Be?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Program in Trauma, R Adam Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Anesthesia, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Program in Trauma, R Adam Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Samuel M Galvagno Jr et al. ASAIO J. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 1;67(1):e56.

doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001274.

¹ Department of Anesthesia, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Program in Trauma, R Adam Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Anesthesia, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Program in Trauma, R Adam Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

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