Left ventricle unloading strategies in ECMO: A single-center experience.

Laura M PiechuraAntonio CoppolinoGita N ModyDaniel E RinewaltMohammed KeshkMitsugu OgawaRaghu SeethalaErin A BohulaDavid A MorrowSteve K SinghHari R MallidiSteven P Keller

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)

Based on this analysis, reactive unloading appears to be a viable strategy while venting with the Impella CP provides better than anticipated survival. Our findings correlate with recent large cohort studies and motivate further work to design clinical guidelines and future trial design.

Keyphrases

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
study protocol
clinical trial
phase iii
pulmonary artery
mitral valve
current status
randomized controlled trial
free survival
left ventricular assist device
atrial fibrillation
open label
pulmonary arterial hypertension
double blind