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Pump controlled retrograde trial off (PCRTO) is a weaning technique for venoarterial ECMO (VA-ECMO) in which pump speed is gradually decreased until net retrograde flow develops from the arterial to the venous limb of the circuit.

McConnell’s sign is an echocardiographic finding classically described as akinesis of the right ventricle’s (RV) mid-free wall with preserved apical contractility on echocardiography.

Dexmedetomidine (Precedex) is a selective alpha-2 agonist I frequently use as a cardiac anesthesiologist and intensivist to provide analgosedation before extubation.