Rajesh Punn, Christine B Falkensammer, Joshua J Blinder, Carlen G Fifer, Thor Thorsson, Gregory Perens, Myke Federman, Punkaj Gupta, Thomas Best, Bhawna Arya, Titus Chan, Sara Sherman-Levine, Shea N Smith, David M Axelrod, Stephen J Roth, Theresa A Tacy
BACKGROUND: Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) supports patients with advanced cardiac dysfunction; however, mortality occurs in a significant subset of patients. The authors performed a multicenter, prospective study to determine hemodynamic and echocardiographic predictors of mortality in children placed on ECMO for cardiac support. METHODS: Over 8 years, six heart centers prospectively assessed echocardiographic and hemodynamic variables on full and minimum ECMO flow...
February 2023: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography