Direct Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Bridged Heart Transplantation: The Importance of Multi-Organ Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Recently, approximately 40% of all heart transplantation (HTx) in South Korea are performed using the direct extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) bridging method. We conducted a study to examine the clinical outcome of direct ECMO-bridged HTx and to investigate the impact of multi-organ failure (MOF).

Methods

From June 2014 to September 2022, a total of 96 adult patients who underwent isolated HTx at a single tertiary hospital were included in the study. The patients were sub-grouped into ECMO (n=48) and non-ECMO group (n=48), and the ECMO group was subdivided into awake (n=22) and non-awake (n=26) groups based on mechanical ventilator (MV) dependency. Baseline characteristics, 30-day, and 1-year mortality were analyzed retrospectively.

Res

SUBMITTER: Lim JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10172075 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature