Table 1.

Patients characteristics

Group A=Patients that adopted a peripheral ECMO as a bridge to cardiac operation; Group B=Patients that did not have chance to undergo any cardiac procedures, nevertheless they were applied to peripheral ECMO; Group C=Patients that mostly had difficulty in being weaned from CPB (cardiopulmonary bypass) after cardiac operation; Group D=Patients suffered from many complications, such as pneumonia, bleeding, infections and LV dysfunction. AD=Aortic dissection; AAA=Abdominal aortic aneurysm; STEMI=ST elevation M; NSTEMI=Non ST elevation MI; ASD=Atrial septal defect; TOF=Tetralogy of fallot.