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ECMO May Offer Sickest COVID Patients Chance for ‘Exceptional Survival’

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Critical Care

months since the patients were treated with VV-ECMO, survival was 86.7%, including one patient who underwent lung transplantation. Importantly, at a median follow-up of 10.8 A 6-minute walk test was performed in 16 patients (59.3%) with a median value of 350 meters, which the researchers called “encouraging.” “We