A Direct Heart-Transplantation Strategy in Selected Patients on Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Achieved Favorable Post-Transplant Outcomes

To analyze post-heart transplantation (HTx) outcomes in selected patients on ECMO support. Our local strategy is to transplant ECMO-patients without mechanical ventilation or kidney failure (creatinine clearance ≤ 30 mL/min or dialysis). In addition, specific pre-transplant (intra-aortic balloon pump, reperfusion canula) and post-transplant strategies (maintaining ECMO after HTx) were applied.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: 251 Source Type: research