New Advances in Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS)
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Emergency Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 June 2025 | Viewed by 1996
Special Issue Editors
Interests: extracorporeal life support; cardiac anesthesia; heart failure; anesthesia for minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Interests: cardiogenic shock; assisted circulation; ventricular assist device; aortic stenosis; transcatheter aortic valve implanta-tion; echocardiography
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Interests: acute myocardial infarction; cardiogenic shock; interventional cardiology; structural heart disease; cardiac imaging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is expanding worldwide. As of now, more than 200.000 patients have been reported to the ELSO registry. Indeed, it is successfully being used to support patients with severe respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, and during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as well as for organ procurement from donations after circulatory death. Moreover, ECLS is increasingly being used to support high-risk patients during cardiac procedures in a cathlab, patients with drug poisoning and cases of severe septic shock. It is also being used for trauma patients, such as severe combat casualties in war zones. However, the duration of supporting patients and the age of the patients themselves are going beyond the boundaries of ECMO care. For instance, patients are being transported under ECMO support for thousands of kilometers. In addition, ECLS is still associated with frequent complications and high patient mortality. New technological advances and new applications of this support mode, alongside research and academic collaboration, might lead to better outcomes for our patients. This Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine is dedicated to new advances in extracorporeal life support.
Prof. Dr. Robertas Stasys Samalavičius
Prof. Dr. Pranas Šerpytis
Prof. Dr. Holger Thiele
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- extracorporeal life support (ECLS)
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- innovations in ECLS
- respiratory failure
- cardiogenic shock
- eCPR
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