Table 3: Late §outcomes: Survivors vs non-survivors.

 

Variables

(Adverse events) N = 11 (%)

ECPR NON-SURVIVORS

N = 10 (%)

ECPR SURVIVORS

P VALUE

Cardiac

9 (82)

3 (20)

0.03

RVN-2

4 (45)

3 (30)

 

(a)Arrhythmias

3 (36)

0

 

HTxP

0

2 (20)

 

Other  

2 (18)

0

 

(b)Renal           

1 (9)

0

0.9

Sepsis

2 (18)

2 (20)  

0.9

(c)MOF

0

0

 

(d)Respiratory 

1 (9)

1 (10)

0.9

(e)Gastrointestinal       

1 (9)

0

0.9

(f)Unplanned reoperation        

1 (9)

4 (40)

0.1

(g)Neurological

1 (9)    

1 (10)

0.9

 

a)requiring medical intervention; (b)Ultrafiltration/peritoneal dialysis; (c)2 or more organ failure; (d)Respiratory distress syndrome; Pulmonary hemorrhage; chronic respiratory failure; (e)Intestinal hemorrhage or infarct requiring surgery; (f)Surgical re-intervention (not stage II/III palliation or HTxP); (g)Intraventricular hemorrhage grade II-IV; cerebral hemorrhage/ischemia; clinical or EEG documented seizure-activity

 

during ECMO; §After ECMO decannulation prior to hospital discharge

 

§follow-up (mean interval 17.4 ± 5.1 months)

 

HTxP-heart transplantation; MOF-multiple organ failure