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◆ Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) pertains to prolonged extracorporeal cardiopulmonary bypass using intrathoracic or extrathoracic vascular cannulation. The bypass circuit includes a distensible venous blood reservoir receiving deoxygenated blood from the patient passing through a nonocclusive centrifugal pump toward the…

Step 1 Surgical Anatomy 1 Ascending Aorta ◆ Cannulation sites on the ascending aorta should be as high as safely possible. Surgeons today more frequently perform complete arterial revascularization, which in some cases may require delicate proximal anastomoses of arterial…