TY - JOUR AU - Khorsandi, Maziar AU - Dougherty, Scott AU - Sinclair, Andrew AU - Buchan, Keith AU - MacLennan, Fiona AU - Bouamra, Omar AU - Curry, Philip AU - Zamvar, Vipin AU - Berg, Geoffrey AU - Al-Attar, Nawwar PY - 2016 DA - 2016/11/08 TI - A 20-year multicentre outcome analysis of salvage mechanical circulatory support for refractory cardiogenic shock after cardiac surgery JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 151 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Refractory post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock (PCCS) is a relatively rare phenomenon that can lead to rapid multi-organ dysfunction syndrome and is almost invariably fatal without advanced mechanical circulatory support (AMCS), namely extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or ventricular assist devices (VAD). In this multicentre observational study we retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of salvage venoarterial ECMO (VA ECMO) and VAD for refractory PCCS in the 3 adult cardiothoracic surgery centres in Scotland over a 20-year period. SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0545-5 DO - 10.1186/s13019-016-0545-5 ID - Khorsandi2016 ER -