The knowledge gap on the ECMO gap: The importance of speaking the same language
We read with great interest the article by Zhang and colleagues1: a single-center experience showing that although 48.8% of all extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients are successfully decannulated and survive for 30 days or until discharge, 44.5% of patients die while on support or in the following 30 days, and 6.7% are bridged to advanced heart failure therapies.