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.

A new protocol is being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center called an ECPR alert. The alert is designed for usage after ventricular fibrillation has been administered 3 times and ...

There is higher risk of in-hospital mortality in women, compared with men, with cardiogenic shock who receive extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

More people are walking away from a type of cardiac arrest that is nearly always fatal, thanks to a new protocol being tested at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. It's called an ECPR ...

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is associated with improved neurological outcomes, compared with standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), even with prolonged resuscitation and ...

Increasingly, physicians are using a new technique, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation—eCPR—to resuscitate patients. The technique involves a machine that withdraws and pumps oxygenated ...

eCPR (Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) is an advanced medical procedure that combines traditional CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) ...

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can improve blood flow to the brain after cardiac arrest and preserve neurological function. However, factors predicting who benefits from ECPR are ...

KERA's Sam Baker talks with Dr. Tyler Bloomer, a cardiologist with Texas Health Harris Fort Worth Hospital. He explains the program and how extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation helped save a ...

A miraculous incident has happened in AIIMS Bhubaneswar. A 24 year old Army jawan got a new life after doctors at AIIMS Bhubaneswar in Odisha revived him through advanced Extracorporeal ...