Recommendations regarding informed consent for PC-ECLS. Abbreviations: CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting; TAVI: transcatheter aortic valve implantation; PC-ECLS: post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support; D(N)MCS: do-(not-)mechanical-circulatory-support; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; RV: right ventricle; HTx: heart transplant; SBP: systolic blood pressure; MCS: mechanical circulatory support; LVAD: left ventricular assist device; RHF: right heart failure. Captions: *Dilated ascending aorta, bicuspid aortic valve, coronary anatomy, small and calcified aortic annulus, redo operation, see: Raffa GM, et al. In-hospital outcomes after an emergency or prophylactic veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a comprehensive review of the literature. Perfusion. 2019; #RHF denotes: right heart failure, see: Soliman O et al. Derivation and Validation of a Novel Right-Sided Heart Failure Model After Implantation of Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: The EUROMACS (European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support) Right-Sided Heart Failure Risk Score. Circulation 2018.