When newborn babies or children with heart or lung distress are struggling to survive, doctors often turn to a form of life support that uses artificial lungs. This treatment, called Extracorporeal ...

Nationally, there has been a rise in the number of children and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart disease ...

The rapid proliferation and adoption of extracorporeal therapies is driving a concomitant demand for professionals with greater experience with these technologies than they normally receive during a ...

At UAB and Children's of Alabama, the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care team is a highly specialized team dedicated to providing comprehensive care for children with complex cardiac conditions. Our ...

Life-saving medical technology is only beneficial if you have access to it. Sometimes it's a matter of health insurance, but it can also be a matter of geography. Seattle Children's is now the first ...

The neonatology unit at Bonn University Hospital (UKB) in Germany conducted the world’s first study of portable magnetic resonance imaging at the bedside on children undergoing extracorporeal membrane ...

Did you know? Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) means an artificial life support for the heart and lungs of those patients whose organs are too weak to function, giving them a second chance ...

ECMO is a life support system that can temporarily take over the work of the heart and lungs, providing the body with oxygen. It can allow the heart and lungs time to rest and heal. A person may ...

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD), maker of the Impella heart pump, has acquired Breethe, developer of a novel extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system that will ...