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Table 2 ECMO indications, timing of ECMO placement, and type of ECMO

From: ECMO after cardiac surgery: a single center study on survival and optimizing outcomes

Indications for ECMO

Non-survivors (N total = 37)

Survivors (N total = 23)

p

Cardiogenic shock

33

19

0.25

Pulmonary insufficiency

3

4

0.42

Other (hemorrhagic shock)

1

0

1.00

ECMO type

   

VA

34

19

< 0.00001

VV

2

3

0.38

VAV

1

1

1.00

Timing of ECMO placement

   

Pre-operatively (catheterization laboratory)

2

5

0.09

Intra-operative (operating room)

29

14

0.24

Post-operatively (ICU post-operative)

6

4

1.00

  1. VA venoarterial, VV venovenous, VAV Veno-arterio-venous