Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Postcardiotomy Shock-Analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Refractory postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock complicating cardiac surgery yields nearly 100% mortality when untreated. Use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock has increased worldwide recently. The aim of the current analysis was to outline the trends in use, changing patient profiles, and in-hospital outcomes including complications in patients undergoing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock.

Design

Analysis of extracorporeal life support organization registry from January 2010 to December 2018.

Setting

Multicenter worldwide registry.

Patients

Seven-thousand one-hundred eighty-five patients supported with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenati

SUBMITTER: Kowalewski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8217275 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature