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Table 7 Perioperative incidence and mortality of ECMO in FS and RT approach

From: Perioperative incidence of ECMO and IABP on 5901 mitral valve surgery procedures

 

VA-ECMO

IABP

Inotropic support

Survival

FS

4

1

  

RT

9

3

 

1

Tot

13

4

53%

 
  1. IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; RT, right thoracotomy; FS, full sternotomy VA-ECMO, Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation