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Will ECPR Move the Needle on Cardiac Arrest Survival?

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can be defined as the emergent use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on patients in cardiac arrest for whom conventional CPR has failed.  According to some estimates, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is responsible for as many…

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