The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 302-311.e1 , February 2010

Early and late outcomes of 517 consecutive adult patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Read at the Eighty-ninth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Boston, Mass, May 9–13, 2009.

Received 13 July 2009 ,Revised 2 September 2009 ,Accepted 15 October 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01410-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.10.043

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 302-311.e1 , February 2010

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