Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. X:X | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2026.023

Letter to the Editor: Development and establishment of the ECMO program in the Olomouc region

Olga Klementova1, 2, Martin Simek2, 3, Ondrej Zuscich2, 3, Pavel Marcian2, 3, Pavel Michalek4
1 Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2 ECMO center, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
3 Department of Cardiovascular and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
4 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospitalin Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Corresponding author: Olga Klementova, e-mail: olga.klementova@fnol.cz

Received: April 30, 2026; Revised: June 29, 2026; Accepted: July 28, 2026; Prepublished online: August 27, 2026 

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