Contemporary Use of Veno-Arterial ECMO: Insights from the Multi-Center RESCUE Registry

Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices are being increasingly utilized in the management of circulatory failure, growing 15-fold in the years between 2007 and 20111. For cardiogenic shock specifically, MCS was employed in approximately 23% of cases in 20142 and 34% of cases in 20193. Use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO), in particular, has quadrupled in the last decade4.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - December 18, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rahul S. Loungani, Marat Fudim, Dave Ranney, Ajar Kochar, Marc D. Samsky, Desiree Bonadonna, Akinobu Itoh, Hiroo Takayama, Koji Takeda, Daniel Wojdyla, Adam D. DeVore, Mani Daneshmand Source Type: research