The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 594-600 , September 2007

Prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted support provides improved survival in hypothermic patients with cardiocirculatory arrest

Presented at the World Congress of Cardiology, September 2006, Barcelona, Spain.

  • Elfriede Ruttmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Elfriede Ruttmann, MD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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  • Annemarie Weissenbacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Hanno Ulmer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economy, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Ludwig Müller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Daniel Höfer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Juliane Kilo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Walter Rabl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Birgit Schwarz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria.
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  • Günther Laufer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Herwig Antretter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria
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  • Peter Mair, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Tyrol, Austria.

Received 14 January 2007 ,Revised 12 March 2007 ,Accepted 22 March 2007.

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PII: S0022-5223(07)00813-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.03.049

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 3 , Pages 594-600 , September 2007

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