Circulatory support system as a bridge to decision in patients with refractory acute cardiogenic shock: is there a space for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Mar;135(3):717; author reply 717-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.051.
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Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Decision Making
  • Emergency Treatment / instrumentation
  • Emergency Treatment / methods
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart-Assist Devices / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnosis
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / mortality
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / therapy*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome