Predictors of Clinical Outcome After Early Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Cardiogenic Shock Complicating ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

CONCLUSIONS: The timing of VA-ECMO initiation in patients with CS complicating STEMI was not a prognostic factor of survival. Renal function, white blood cell count, age, and lactate level were the strongest predictors of death during 6-month follow-up.PMID:33932279

Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - May 1, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lukasz Szczanowicz Nicolas Majunke Suzanne de Waha-Thiele Franziska Tietz Stephan Sch ürer Katharina Kirsch Steffen Desch Holger Thiele Marcus Sandri Source Type: research