Some disease processes that can be indications for ECMO therapy support are.

 

Cardiac Diseases:​

• Congenital Heart Disease

• Cardiogenic shock

• Acute Post-Operative Heart Failure

• Post Cardiomyopathy Heart Failure

• Heart transplantation failure

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Pulmonary Diseases:

• ARDS

• Post-Lung Transplantation

• Acute Respiratory failure

• Aspiration pneumonia

• Pulmonary Embolism

• Cystic Fibrosis/ Pre-Lung transplantation bridge

• Trauma

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