The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 713-715 , September 2010

Bridge to lung transplantation using short-term ambulatory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Received 13 July 2009 ,Accepted 20 February 2010.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00212-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.02.029

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 713-715 , September 2010

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