Extracorporeal life support with left ventricular decompression—improved survival in severe cardiogenic shock: results from a retrospective study

Extracorporeal life support with left ventricular decompression—improved survival in severe cardiogenic shock: results from a retrospective study

Objective Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is a life-saving procedure used in the treatment of severe cardiogenic shock. Within this retrospective single centre study, we examined our experience in this critically ill patient cohort to assess outcomes and clinical parameters by comparison of ECLS...

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Main Authors: Bastian Schmack, Philipp Seppelt, Alexander Weymann, Christina Alt, Mina Farag, Rawa Arif, Andreas O. Doesch, Philip W. Raake, Klaus Kallenbach, Ashham Mansur, Aron-Frederik Popov, Matthias Karck, Arjang Ruhparwar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-09-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Acute heart failure
Cardiogenic shock
Extracorporeal circulation
ECLS
ECMO
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3813.pdf

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