Percutaneous versus surgical cannulation for femoro-femoral VA-ECMO in patients with cardiogenic shock: results from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry

Liangshan Wang, Feng Yang, Shuai Zhang, Chenglong Li, Zhongtao Du, Peter Rycus, Joseph E. Tonna, Peta Alexander, Roberto Lorusso, Eddy Fan, Mark Ogino, Daniel Brodie, Alain Combes, Yih-Sharng Chen, Haibo Qiu, Zhiyong Peng, John F. Fraser, Juanjuan Shao, Ming Jia, Hong Wang and Xiaotong Hou Journal of Heart Lung Transplant DOI 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.009

Abstract: Percutaneous cannulation is increasingly used for veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). However, there is limited evidence about the benefit of this approach compared with conventional surgical cannulation. By using a large international database, this study was designed to compare in-hospital outcomes in cardiac shock patients who received femoro-femoral VA-ECMO with percutaneous versus surgical cannulation.