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Left Ventricular Unloading Is Associated With Lower Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Treated With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Author(s) -
Benedikt Schrage,
Peter Moritz Becher,
A. Bernhardt,
Hiram G. Bezerra,
Stefan Blankenberg,
Stefan Brunner,
Philippe Colson,
Gaston Cudemus Deseda,
Salim Dabboura,
Dennis Eckner,
Matthias Eden,
Ingo Eitel,
Derk Frank,
Norbert Frey,
Masaki Funamoto,
Alina Goßling,
Tobias Graf,
Christian Hagl,
Paulus Kirchhof,
Danny Kupka,
Ulf Landmesser,
Jerry Lipinski,
Mathew S. Lopes,
Nicolas Majunke,
Octavian Maniuc,
Daniel McGrath,
Sven MöbiusWinkler,
David A. Morrow,
Marc Mourad,
Curt Noel,
Peter Nordbeck,
Martin Orban,
Federico Pappalardo,
Sandeep M. Patel,
Matthias Pauschinger,
Vittorio Pazzanese,
Hermann Reichenspurner,
Marcus Sandri,
P. Christian Schulze,
Robert H. G. Schwinger,
Jan-Malte Sinning,
Adem Aksoy,
Carsten Skurk,
Lukasz Szczanowicz,
Hölger Thiele,
Franziska Tietz,
Anubodh S. Varshney,
Lukas Wechsler,
Dirk Westermann
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.120.048792
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiogenic shock , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , impella , cardiology , ventricle , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , cohort , shock (circulatory) , confidence interval
Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is increasingly used to treat cardiogenic shock. However, VA-ECMO might hamper myocardial recovery. The Impella unloads the left ventricle. This study aimed to evaluate whether left ventricular unloading in patients with cardiogenic shock treated with VA-ECMO was associated with lower mortality.

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