Commentary: Survival following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support, a sobering view.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Montreal and Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address:

Published: February 2021

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