Table 2.

Life-threatening Neurological Diagnoses of Adult Patients Treated With ECMO

Sex/Age, y	Reason for ECMO	Neurological Diagnosis	Onset During ECMO, d	Outcome
M/32	Cardiopulmonary arrest + CPR	Brain death	1	Death
M/50	Cardiopulmonary arrest + CPR	Brain death	1	Death
F/69	Cardiac valve repair + CABG	Brain death	3	Death/WOS
M/45	Fontan conversion, mitral valve repair, patch angioplasty of pulmonary artery	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	7	WOS
M/70	Aortic + mitral valve replacement	Intraventricular hemorrhage, watershed infarction	22 d After ECMO discontinuation	Survived 4 mo
M/70	Aortic valve replacement + CABG	Bihemispheric ischemic infarcts	5 d After ECMO discontinuation	Death
F/60	Infected prosthetic valve, aortic root and valve replacement, pulmonary artery defect repair	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	2 d After ECMO discontinuation	Survival
M/75	Mitral valve replacement	Frontal lobe ischemic infarction	3	Death due to multiorgan failure
F/76	Pericardiectomy	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	8	WOS, diagnosed with neurological disease at autopsy
M/41	Cardiopulmonary arrest + CPR	Putaminal infarction, cerebral edema, uncal herniation	1	WOS, diagnosed with neurological disease at autopsy

Abbreviations: CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; WOS, withdrawal of support.