Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge for Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock

Heart failure (HF) can be defined as cardiac structural or functional abnormality leading to a series of symptoms due to deficiency of oxygen delivery. In the clinical practice, acute heart failure (AHF) is usually performed as cardiogenic shock (CS), pulmonary edema, and single or double ventricle...

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Main Authors: Zhao-peng Zhong, Hong Wang, Xiao-tong Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7263187