Research in Extracorporeal Life Support: A Call to Action.

The article discusses the extracorporeal life support (ECLS) which refers to a group of techniques that provide extracorporeal gas exchange or circulatory support for the patients having respiratory or cardiac failure. It states that the use of cardiac ECLS was already growing in some countries after the publication of the Intraaortic Balloon Pump in Cardiogenic Shock II trial.