ECMO Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Treatment | Treatments

Service Area: Heart Care

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Heart & Vascular

Heart care

ELSO Center of Excellence in Life Support

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Advanced life support for severe heart and lung conditions

Carbon dioxide is removed, oxygen is added and the blood is warmed

Although it isn’t right for everyone, it has saved many lives. Read one man’s amazing story

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Nearly three months after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and giving birth to her newborn baby while in a coma, Kelsey Townsend was discharged from University Hospital in Madison last Thursday and reunited with her husband and four children.

After fighting COVID-19, miracle mom finally meets baby she gave birth to while in a coma

ECMO helps save man found not breathing with no pulse

Cardiothoracic Surgeons

Interventional Pulmonologist

Providing high-tech, life-saving care with a human touch

Serving Madison and surrounding communities

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Grandfather Blows Out Birthday Cake Candles At Family Party

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One of very few centers in Wisconsin with ECMO capability, UW Health offers this device to provide temporary life support by circulating blood and oxygen throughout the body when the heart is not strong enough to do it alone.

ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority

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