A Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Managed With Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the First and Second Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom.

Objectives: Early studies of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in COVID-19 have revealed similar outcomes to historical cohorts. Changes in the disease and treatments have led to differences in the patients supported on venovenous ECMO in the first and second waves. We aimed to compare these two groups in both the acute and follow-up phase.

Factors associated with long-term outcomes in adult congenital heart disease patients with infective endocarditis: a 16-year tertiary single-centre experience.

Objectives: Studies concerning factors associated with long-term outcomes in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients after infective endocarditis (IE) are scarce, while IE-related mortality in these patients remains a burden. We evaluated the factors associated with long-term survival in ACHD patients admitted for IE.

Methods: We performed a retrospective single-centre study of all ACHD patients admitted for IE to a tertiary cardiothoracic centre between 1999 and 2015.