Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support before lung transplant: A bridge over troubled water

Gabriel Loor^{1

2}, Subhasis Chatterjee^{1

2}, Alexis Shafii^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.

Editorial

Gabriel Loor et al. JTCVS Open. 2021.

. 2021 Oct 21:8:147-154.

doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2021.10.011. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Gabriel Loor^{1

2}, Subhasis Chatterjee^{1

2}, Alexis Shafii^{1

2}

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.

No abstract available

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