Limb Ischemia Complications of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Background: This study aimed to summarize and analyse the risk factors, clinical features, as well as prevention and treatment of limb ischemia complications in patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 179 adult patients who had undergone V-A ECMO support in the Cardiac Care Unit of the First Hospital of Lanzhou University between March 2019 and December 2021. Patients were divided into the limb ischemia group (LI group) and the non-limb ischemia group (nLI group) according to whether limb ischemia occurred on the ipsilateral side of femoral artery cannulation.