Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Myocardial Infarction-Related Cardiogenic Shock: The Devil is in the Details

I read with great interest a recent article in the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.1 The authors provided insightful commentary about a paper on extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in cardiogenic shock due to myocardial infarction. The study reported no difference in survival between patients supported by ECLS versus those who were not.1,2 The authors emphasized that a low incidence of left ventricular (LV) unloading was observed in the intervention arm at 5.8% (11 of 191 patients), and discussed the importance of the maneuver.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research