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From: Epinephrine, inodilator, or no inotrope in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation implantation: a single-center experience

Fig. 2

Catecholamine therapy in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation 24 h after cannulation. a Survival after venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation implantation in patients without any positive inotropic therapy (group A), in patients with dobutamine/levosimendan (composite shown as group B, blue dotted columns give different combinations), and in patients with epinephrine (group C as pink column, different combination given in dotted columns). There was a significant difference in the outcome in patients on different inotropic agent with epinephrine performing worse than groups A and B. dob, dobutamine; lev, levosimendan; epi, epinephrine. b Mean dose of catecholamines 24 h after cannulation of VA-ECMO. As shown in the white bars, patients in group C had significantly higher norepinephrine doses compared to group A or group B. By design, there was a significant difference in dobutamine (blue columns) and epinephrine (pink columns) doses given

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