Table 4.
Demographic characteristics, management and outcomes in subgroup (n = 17).
|
Non-ECMO
(n = 7) |
Early ECMO
(n = 10) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | |||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 76.9 (5.3) | 52.4 (18.6) | 0.002 |
| Male gender, n (%) | 2 (28.6) | 8 (80.0) | 0.034 |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 27.5 (3.6) | 26.4 (3.2) | 0.534 |
| Active cancer, n (%) | 1 (14.3) | 3 (30.0) | 0.452 |
| Major surgery, n (%) | 1 (14.3) | 9 (90.0) | 0.002 |
| RV strain | |||
| RV strain on ECG, n (%) | 4 (80.0) (n = 5) | 7 (77.8) (n = 9) | 0.923 |
| RV dilation on echo, n (%) | 1 (100.0) (n = 1) | 9 (90.0) | 0.740 |
| RV/LV diameter ≥ 1.0 on CT, n (%) | 2 (100.0) (n = 2) | 8 (88.9) (n = 9) | 0.621 |
| Thrombolytic therapy, n (%) | 2 (28.6) | 4 (40.0) | 0.627 |
| Outcomes | |||
| Progress to cardiac arrest | 3 (42.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.023 |
| In-hospital mortality, n (%) | 4 (57.1) | 1 (10.0) | 0.036 |
BMI, body mass index; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CT, computed tomography; ECG, electrocardiogram; ECMO, veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; IQR, interquartile range; RV, right ventricle; RV/LV, right-to-left ventricular; SD, standard deviation.