The absolute lactate levels versus clearance for prognostication of post-cardiotomy patients on veno-arterial ECMO.
Mohamed LaimoudPatricia MachadoMichelle Gretchen LoMary Jane MaghirangEmad HakamiRehan QureshiPublished in: ESC heart failure (2024)
Serial measurements of arterial blood lactate and LC help in obtaining early prognostic guidance in adult patients supported by VA-ECMO after cardiac surgery. Absolute lactate levels, compared with LC at the same time points, demonstrated better performance in differentiating mortality.
Keyphrases
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- simultaneous determination
- prognostic factors
- mass spectrometry
- respiratory failure
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cardiovascular events
- liquid chromatography
- type diabetes
- magnetic resonance
- coronary artery disease
- intensive care unit
- contrast enhanced
- high resolution
- mechanical ventilation