Impact of extracorporeal CPR with transcatheter heart pump support (ECPELLA) on improvement of short-term survival and neurological outcome in patients with refractory cardiac arrest – A single-site retrospective cohort study

Aim: Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-CPR) using veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is a novel lifesaving method for refractory cardiac arrest. Although VA-ECMO preserves end-organ perfusion, it may affect left ventricular (LV) recovery due to increased LV loa...

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Main Authors: Takashi Unoki, Motoko Kamentani, Tomoko Nakayama, Yudai Tamura, Yutaka Konami, Hiroto Suzuyama, Masayuki Inoue, Megumi Yamamuro, Eiji Taguchi, Tadashi Sawamura, Koichi Nakao, Tomohiro Sakamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:Resuscitation Plus
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666520422000443