ECPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: more evidence is needed

Table 1 Selected outcomes with ECPR

References	Patient population	No. of ECPR patients	Survival to hospital discharge (%)
ELSO Registry [1]	IHCA + OHCA*	6994	29
Chen et al. [2]	IHCA	59	29
Shin et al. [3]	IHCA	85	35 (28-day survival)
Wengenmayer et al. [6]	IHCA OHCA	74 59	19 9
Stub et al. [11]	IHCA OHCA	15 9	60 33
Bougouin et al. [8]	OHCA	525	8

ECPR extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ELSO Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, IHCA in-hospital cardiac arrest, OHCA out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
*Predominantly IHCA

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