**Meet the editor**

Dr. Michael S. Firstenberg is a board-certified thoracic surgeon practicing adult cardiac surgery at The Medical Center of Aurora (Colorado, USA) where he serves as the Chief of Cardiothoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He currently holds adjunct appointments in the Colleges of Medicine and Graduate Studies at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He also has a faculty ap-

pointment at Rocky Vista University. He attended Case Western Reserve University Medical School, received his general surgery training at University Hospitals in Cleveland, and completed a Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Ohio State University. He also obtained advanced training in heart failure surgical therapies at the Cleveland Clinic. He has lectured worldwide and written more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, numerous textbook chapters, and edited several books. In addition, he is active in numerous professional societies, clinical research projects, and multidisciplinary leadership committees.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Applications 9**

Chapter 2 **Cardiogenic Shock 11**

Fevzi Sarper Türker

Dmitry L. Shukevich

Faissol Janot de Matos

**and Clinical Options 77**

**Evidence 65**

**Supportive Therapy 1**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: ECMO - Growing Indications,**

**Applications, and Understanding of a Complex**

Michael S. Firstenberg and Jennifer M. Hanna

Chapter 3 **Long-Term Outcome of High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary**

Chapter 5 **Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use in Asphyxiated**

Asim Al Balushi, Samara Zavalkoff and Pia Wintermark

Chapter 6 **Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: Systems**

Francesco Grigioni and Giuseppe Marinelli

Chapter 4 **Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 49**

**Interventions with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Patients Without Cardiogenic Shock 35**

Vladimir I. Ganyukov, Roman S. Tarasov, Ivan E. Vereshchagin and

Carmen Silvia Valente Barbas, Roberta Fittipaldi Palazo and Gustavo

**Newborns Treated with Hypothermia: Review of the Current**

Antonio Loforte, Giuditta Coppola, Carlo Mariani, Gregorio Gliozzi,
