Perfusion-Assisted Beating Heart Support With a Miniature Extracorporeal Circuit and Leukocyte Filtration: A 58-Year-Old Patient With Severe COPD

This review examines novel applications and recent trends in the use of ECMO over the last 2 years. These include ECMO to facilitate the safe use of other treatments, changing the timing of initiation, newer equipment and better biocompatibility, and the ability of ECMO programs to essentially choose which cluster of potential complications they are prepared to accept. ECMO continues to evolve, diversify in its applications, and improve in safety.