Table 1.

Demographics of Patients Receiving Presurgical Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Variable	Value
Total number of patients	26
Age, months, median (range)	0.12 (0–193)
Weight, kg, median (range)	4.00 (1.8–67)
Male	18 (69%)
Diagnosis, n
D-transposition of the great arteries	8
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome	5
Tetralogy of Fallot, PA-IVS	5
Ventricular septal defects	3
Tricuspid atresia	2
Endocarditis	2
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return	1
Indication for ECMO
Hypoxemia	17
Cardiogenic shock	4
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation	5
Procedures on ECMO
Arterial switch operation	8
Stage 1 palliation	4
Bidirectional Glenn	3
Blalock-Taussig shunt	3
Septal defect closure	2
Aortic or mitral valve replacement	2
Tetralogy of Fallot repair	2
Pulmonary artery band	1
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return	1
Duration of ECMO before procedure, days, median (range)	3 (0–19)
Total duration of ECMO, days, median (range)	6 (0–27)
Total number of survivors	16 (62%)

PA-IVS = pulmonary atresia–intact ventricular septum.