Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is associated with improved neurological outcomes, compared with standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), even with prolonged resuscitation and ...

KERA's Sam Baker talks with Dr. Tyler Bloomer, a cardiologist with Texas Health Harris Fort Worth Hospital. He explains the program and how extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation helped save a ...

ECPR is an advanced form of cardiac emergency support used when traditional CPR is not enough to restart the heart.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — CPR compressions is what many of us were taught to do when saving someone's life, but now physicians are trying out 'ECPR.' Doctors at UF Health say they've already seen success ...

Compared with cardiac arrest patients assigned to conventional CPR, those assigned to receive extracorporeal CPR (eCPR) after arrival at the hospital had similar rates of survival with favorable ...

Every year more than 300,000 people in the U.S. die from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, making it a leading cause of death. Improved access to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and ...

A new study by researchers from Japan suggests that implementing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for cardiac arrests, followed by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

Medical City Frisco is now the first Frisco hospital to offer ECPR — advanced cardiac arrest care that activates when CPR isn ...

A new method to resuscitate cardiac arrest patients often proves more effective than CPR, but various implementation hurdles have prevented many hospitals from using it, according to a March 27 ...