Table 3: Use of ECMO or IABP post-transplantation.

 

 

STS

Celsior

Celsior+EPO+GTN

p-value

ECMO or IABP (n, %)

 

 

 

 

All transplants

32 (32.0%)

(32 IABP)

33 (31.7%)

(22 ECMO, 11 IABP)

15 (24.6%)

(13 ECMO, 2 IABP)

ns

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marginal transplants

17/44 (38.6%)

(17 IABP)

22/59 (37.2%)

(16 ECMO, 6 IABP)

10/34 (29.4%)

(9 ECMO, 1 IABP)

ns

 

The use of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) within the first 24 hours post-transplant is shown above for all transplants and for marginal transplants.