Sex Differences in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Receiving Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Limited data are available on sex differences in clinical outcomes of patients with profound cardiogenic shock (CS) receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). Therefore, our study sought to compare clinical pictures and outcomes between male and female patients treated with VA-ECMO.

Methods

A total of 1,328 patients receiving VA-ECMO were selected from either the Samsung Medical Center or a multicenter CS registry named the SMART RESCUE study. The study population was divided into men (n=903) and women (n=425). The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality, and the secondary outcome was procedure-related complications, which included limb ischemia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) site bleeding and infection, and

SUBMITTER: Kim O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12206607 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature