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ArticleJHLT open2024

ECMO-TO-GO: Application of a portable on the body veno-arterial ECMO device in a bridge-to-transplantation setting.

Bastian Schmack, Jasmin S Hanke, Jan D Schmitto, Christian Kühn, Arjang Ruhparwar

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Article in JHLT open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. [Innovations in transplantation medicine].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025
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  3. A Wearable Extracorporeal COBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Bastian SchmackDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Jasmin S HankeDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Jan D SchmittoDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Christian KühnDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Arjang RuhparwarDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a well-established therapy to bridge heart- and lung-failure patients to recovery, transplantation, or permanent assist devices. However, it is often associated with thorough patient immobility resulting in an increased hospital length-of-stay and inferior outcomes. To address the challenge of immobility on temporary mechanical support system (tMCS), the "ECMO TO GO" concept was developed to offer full patient mobilization. We present the successful application of a wearable ECMO device. With this setup, the patient was successfully and recurrently mobilized and could walk >200 m on hospital floors. No complications or adverse events occurred during the mobilization procedure.

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bridge to transplantationECMOextracorporeal membrane oxygenationmobilizationTandemHearttemporary mechanical assist deviceVoyager Vest

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PMID40144246
PMCPMC11935398

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