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Fig. 2

From: Use veno-venous extra corporeal membrane oxygenation in elderly patients with post-cardiotomy hypoxia: the changing paradigm of respiratory support in adult respiratory distress syndrome

Fig. 2

Chest X-Rays performed: (a) after VV-ECMO insertion: patchy airspace of opacification bilaterally. Features in keeping with ARDS; (b) 6 days after VV-ECMO insertion, immediately before weaning: significant improvement in the bilateral perihilar pulmonary infiltrates; (c) at three-months follow up: heart size normal, lungs and pleural spaces clear

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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