Table 2. Postcardiotomy ECMO major outcomes.
| Outcomes | Details/results |
|---|---|
| NYHA class | |
| Ko (19) | NYHA class II or I |
| Doll (20) | NYHA class II |
| Bakhtiary (22) | NYHA class II or III |
| Unosawa (25) | NYHA class I or II |
| Saxena (26) | NYHA class I, II, III and IV |
| Khorsandi (27) | NYHA class I–II |
| Readmission | |
| Doll (20) | Rate: 37.8% |
| Causes: routine cardiac investigations, pneumonia, non-cardiac-related surgical interventions | |
| Bakhtiary (22) | Rate: 60% |
| Causes: pneumonia, end-stage renal failure requiring dialysis | |
| Chen (29) | Mean N of readmissions: 0.68; 95% CI, 0.60–0.78 |
| Higher in PC patients support with ECMO | |
| Expenditures | |
| Chen (29) | Greater in PC patients support with ECMO |
| Quality of life | |
| Guihaire (30) | Self-care without any limitations in all cases, minor problems considering other dimensions |
| Specific outcomes | |
| Ko (19) | Sudden death, pneumonia |
| Hsu (23) | Cardiac arrest, severe infection |
| Unosawa (25) | Cardiac events, heat stroke, ruptured iliac artery aneurysm, subarachnoid hemorrhage, pneumonia unknown cause |
| Saxena (26) | End-stage heart disease |
| Guihaire (30) | Major cardiac event, non-cardiac events |
| Bakhtiary (22) | Congestive heart failure, pneumonia, end-stage renal failure |
NYHA, New York Heart Association; PC, post-cardiotomy; N, number; CI, confidence interval; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.