Even Jordan Zimmermann would be hard-pressed to hit that mark in 2013, when games are taking an average of 2 hours 57 minutes. Thatâs perilously close to three hours, something baseball should hope to avoid. The Capitals, Wizards, D.C. United â all can play a regulation game in less than three hours.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), also known as extracorporeal life support (ECLS), is an extracorporeal technique of providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life.
AVM: An AVM (arteriovenous malformation) is a congenital disorder (one present at birth) of blood vessels in the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord that is characterized by a complex, tangled web of abnormal arteries and veins connected by one or more fistulas (abnormal communications). Surgery, which is the best-known and longest-standing treatment for AVM. 2  Surgery for an AVM involves identifying the margins of the malformation, ligating (tying off) or clipping the feeder arterial vessels, obliterating the draining veins, and removing or obliterating the nidus (the nest) of the AVM.