Controversies in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Immediate versus watchful waiting for venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ventingCentral Message

• Yiorgos Alexandros Cavayas, MD, MSc,
• Pierre-Emmanuel Noly, MD, PhD,
• Gurmeet Singh, MD, MSc,
• Yoan Lamarche, MD, MSc

Affiliations

Yiorgos Alexandros Cavayas, MD, MSc

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Pierre-Emmanuel Noly, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Gurmeet Singh, MD, MSc

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Yoan Lamarche, MD, MSc

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Address for reprints: Yoan Lamarche, MD, MSc, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger St, Montreal (QC) H1T 1C8, Canada.