Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to advanced heart failure therapies.

Deepak AcharyaNabin Manandhar-ShresthaMarzia LeaccheIndranee RajapreyarPreethi WilliamToshinobu KazuiRobert HookerJoseph TonnaStefan JovingeRenzo Loyaga-Rendon

Published in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation (2023)

After implementation of the 2018 UNOS allocation system, ECMO utilization as BTT or LVAD has increased, and the acuity of BTT intent patients cannulated for ECMO has decreased. There has not yet been an increase in more acute ECMO patients getting transplanted. This may partially explain the post-transplant outcomes of ECMO patients in the current era reported in UNOS.

Keyphrases

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
end stage renal disease
acute respiratory distress syndrome
heart failure
respiratory failure
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
healthcare
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
left ventricular
atrial fibrillation
intensive care unit
patient reported