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- The study investigates how ECMO affects the outcomes of heart transplant patients, focusing on those who underwent surgery between January 2012 and January 2018.
- Out of 25 patients analyzed, 72% survived and were discharged, with factors like BMI and CPR prior to ECMO being significant in predicting outcomes.
- The research concludes that ECMO is critical for heart transplant patients, emphasizing that factors such as obesity and CPR before ECMO are major influences on survival and prognosis.
Article Abstract
Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is indicated for bridging to heart transplantation, graft failure, and right heart failure after heart transplantation. This study explored risk factors affecting the clinical prognosis of cardiac transplantation patients treated with ECMO during the perioperative period.
Methods: Data on 28 heart transplantation patients with ECMO obtained from January 2012 to January 2018 in the People's Hospital of Zhongshan City were retrospectively analyzed.
Results: A total of 25 patients (20 male and 5 female) were finally included. Heart transplantation was performed mainly due to cardiomyopathy (77.8%). Of the treated patients, 18 (72%) survived and were discharged, 4 were treated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before ECMO, and 3 died in hospital. There were no differences between the surviving and death group donors (N-terminal pro b‑type natriuretic peptide [NT-proBNP], creatine kinase-muscle/brain [CK-MB], warm ischemia time of donated heart, cold ischemia time of donated heart, total ischemia time of donated heart, and donor type). In univariate analysis, body mass index (BMI), length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), and CPR were relevant prognostic factors for heart transplantation patients with ECMO. Multi-factor logistic regression showed that CPR before ECMO (odds ratio, OR, 49.45; 95% confidence interval, CI, [1.37, 1781.6]; P = 0.033) is an independent risk factor influencing prognosis.
Conclusion: ECMO is an important life support method for patients before and after heart transplantation surgery. Obesity, poor preoperative cardiac function, and considerable intraoperative red blood cell transfusion may influence prognosis. Extracardiac compression before ECMO is an independent risk factor for prognosis.
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