Introductory Chapter: ECMO - Growing Indications, Applications, and Understanding of a Complex Supportive Therapy

Introductory Chapter: ECMO – Rapidly Evolving Technology, Expanding Indications, and Growing Challenges

“…several years prior, BH lost both legs to complications of a necrotizing soft tissue infection and required cardiopulmonary support with venoarterial ECMO due to overwhelming septic shock. Picture used by permission by all represented [11,12] and adopted from volume 2 [13].…”