Aim: Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can treat cardiac arrest refractory to conventional therapies. Our goal was to identify the best protocol for survival with good neurological outcome through the evaluation of current inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria, cannulation strategies and additional therapeutic measures.
Methods: A systematic literature search was used to identify eligible publications from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Cochrane for articles published from 29 June 2009 until 29 June 2019.