Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices: New Deus Ex Machina?

Figure 4

Example of extracorporeal life support (ECLS). CARDIOHELP System (MAQUET, Cardiopulmonary AG, Germany). Minimised hand-held ECLS with representation of a femorofemoral, venoarterial cannulation. Deoxygenated blood is harvested in the femoral vein and pumped back to the iliac artery after having passed through the oxygenating membrane and the heat exchanger.