Medtronic acquired the VitalFlow extracorporeal membrane oxygenation technology by purchasing MC3 Cardiopulmonary.

A young Graham, N.C., father became the second person in the world to receive a BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH) as a ...

ECMO uses a pump that attaches with tubes to large blood vessels in the neck or groin. It is most commonly used for patients recovering from heart surgery or suffering from cardiac shock, awaiting a ...

The following is a summary of “Bleeding complications, coagulation disorders, and their management in acute myocardial ...

Potthoff’s 18 days of care at Texas Health Dallas involved an emergency heart procedure and extensive treatment using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy, which is an artificial heart ...

they got her to Allegheny General Hospital immediately where doctors then hooked her up to an ECMO machine, which is a device that takes a patient’s blood, puts oxygen into it and pumps it back ...

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome is a life-threatening lung condition but manageable if diagnosed on time To know all the ...

A Graham man became the second person in the world to receive the device, which provides a bridge to transplant A young Graham, N.C., father became ...

The machine - which acts as an artificial heart and lungs - pumps blood out ... Freddie’s blood vessels were reconstructed and he was successfully taken off ECMO. A few weeks later, he was ...

The heart pumps blood to the heart through the pulmonary artery ... we usually try to minimize the stress to the body by using a device called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), which ...

He also serves as co-medical director for the ECMO program. Potthoff’s 18 days ... machine that works outside the patient’s body to pump blood. Paramedics drove Potthoff to Texas Health ...