Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support: A cohort of cannulation in the general ward.
Gábor BariSilvia MarianiBas C T van BusselJustine RavauxMichele Di MauroAnne SchaeferJawad KhalilMatteo PozziLuca BottaDavide PaciniUdo BoekenRobertas SamalaviciusKarl BounaderXiaotong HouJeroen J H BungeHergen BuscherLeonardo SalazarBart MeynsMichael MazeffiSacha MatteucciSandro SpongaGraeme MacLarenClaudio RussoFrancesco FormicaPranya SakiyalakAntonio FioreDaniele CamboniGiuseppe Maria RaffaRodrigo DiazI-Wen WangJae-Seung JungJan BelohlavekVin PellegrinoGiacomo BianchiMatteo PettinariAlessandro BarboneJosé P GarciaKiran ShekarGlenn WhitmanRoberto Lorussonull nullPublished in: Artificial organs (2024)
This study demonstrates that ECLS cannulation due to post-cardiotomy emergent adverse events in the general ward is rare, mainly occurring in preoperative low-risk patients and after a postoperative cardiac arrest. High complication rates and low in-hospital survival require further investigations to identify patients at risk for such a complication, optimize resources, enhance intervention, and improve outcomes.