Benedikt N Beer, Caroline Kellner, Alina Goßling, Jonas Sundermeyer, Lisa Besch, Angela Dettling, Paulus Kirchhof, Stefan Blankenberg, Alexander M Bernhardt, Stefan Brunner, Pascal Colson, Dennis Eckner, Derk Frank, Ingo Eitel, Norbert Frey, Matthias Eden, Tobias Graf, Danny Kupka, Ulf Landmesser, Nicolas Majunke, Octavian Maniuc, Sven Möbius-Winkler, David A Morrow, Marc Mourad, Curt Noel, Peter Nordbeck, Martin Orban, Federico Pappalardo, Sandeep M Patel, Matthias Pauschinger, Hermann Reichenspurner, P Christian Schulze, Robert H G Schwinger, Antonia Wechsler, Carsten Skurk, Holger Thiele, Anubodh S Varshney, Can Martin Sag, Jannis Krais, Dirk Westermann, Benedikt Schrage
BACKGROUND: VA-ECMO restores circulation and tissue oxygenation in cardiogenic shock (CS) patients, but can also lead to complications. OBJECTIVES: To quantify VA-ECMO complications and analyse their association with overall survival as well as favourable neurological outcome (CPC 1 + 2). METHODS: All-comer patients with CS treated with VA-ECMO were retrospectively enrolled from 16 centres in 4 countries (2005-2019). Neurological, bleeding and ischaemic adverse events (AEs) were considered...
October 24, 2023: European Heart Journal. Acute Cardiovascular Care