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Upper-Body Versus Femoral Return in Peripheral Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Upper-body peripheral arterial return is used during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO), but its clinical tradeoffs versus femoral return are uncertain. We reviewed observational studies comparing upper-body to femoral arterial return for peripheral VA-EC...