Post-Cardiotomy Extracorporeal Life Support in Adults

Post-cardiotomy mechanical circulatory assistance, and particularly extracorporeal life support, represent an increasingly used technology in very complex scenarios. Health care personnel, scientists, and industry, have all played a critical role in enhancing such outstanding tools to save patient lives after complicated or at-risk cardiac surgery procedures. ELSO has constituted a reliable and continuous incomparable reference in such a setting and this publication pursues, once again, the objective to enhance education, knowledge, and decision-making in critically ill patients. This Monograph is dedicated to all teams and professionals who made this editorial initiative possible, and to all care givers whose tireless and endless work is directed towards better patient care and improved ultimate outcome, and with a hope that this book will provide a small and humble contribution for such tasks.