Antonio Piperata, Jef Van den Eynde, Charles-Henri David, Ahmet Ruchan Akar, Masazumi Watanabe, Ilias Doulamis, Pierre-Guillaume Piriou, Mehmet Cahit Saricaoğlu, Hiroki Ikenaga, Thomas Gouttenegre, Mickael Vourc'h, Shinya Takahashi, Alexandre Ouattara, Louis Labrousse, Giacomo Frati, Mathieu Pernot
The objective was to investigate the outcomes of concomitant venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and left ventricular unloading with Impella (ECPELLA) compared with ECMO alone to treat patients affected by cardiogenic shock. Data from patients needing mechanical circulatory support from 4 international centers were analyzed. Of 438 patients included, ECMO alone and ECPELLA were adopted in 319 (72.8%) and 119 (27.2%) patients, respectively. Propensity score matching analysis identified 95 pairs...
May 3, 2024: ASAIO Journal: a Peer-reviewed Journal of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs