Extracorporeal Life Support for Cardiogenic Shock in Octogenarians: Single Center Experience.
Nadezda ScupakovaKarolis UrbonasAgne JankuvieneLina PuodžiukaitėPovilas AndrijauskasVilius JanusauskasAleksejus ZorinasKestutis LaurusonisPranas SerpytisRobertas SamalaviciusPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
ECMO could be successfully used in selected octogenarian patients undergoing cardiac surgery to support a failing heart. An early decision to initiate ECMO therapy in elderly post-cardiotomy shock patients is associated with favorable outcomes.
Keyphrases
- cardiac surgery
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- acute kidney injury
- heart failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- respiratory failure
- middle aged
- metabolic syndrome
- intensive care unit
- adipose tissue
- decision making