Understanding Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Induced Coagulopathy: Many Pieces to the Puzzle.

We read with interest the article by Granja et al ([1]), published in the recent issue of I Critical Care Medicine i , on multi-modal characterization of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-induced coagulopathy (EIC). Both the platelet glycoprotein (GP)1b receptor and von Willebrand factor (VWF) play an important role in localizing platelets to a site of vascular injury. [Extracted from the article]