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Table 1 Patients’ with preclosing baseline and procedural characteristics

From: Complete percutaneous angio-guided approach using preclosing for venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation implantation and explantation in patients with refractory cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest

Baseline characteristics

n = 41

Age (years)

61 (27–76)

Male [n (%)]

30

Weight (kg)

71 (52–110)

Height (cm)

172 (152–192)

BMI (kg/m2)

25.1 (17.9–35.9)

Atherosclerosis risk factors

 Tobacco use [n (%)]

9 (22)

 Arterial hypertension [n (%)]

21 (51)

 Diabetes mellitus [n (%)]

15 (36)

 Peripheral artery disease [n (%)]

3 (7)

 Chronic heart failure [n (%)]

4 (10)

 Long-term anticoagulation before VA-ECMO [n (%)]

3 (7)

 Antiplatelet therapy before VA-ECMO [n (%)]

8 (19)

Admission

 Cardiac arrest [n (%)]

24 (58)

 Refractory cardiac arrest (n)

5

  No flow duration (min)

1 (0–1)

  Low flow duration (min)

55 (30–70)

 Resuscitated cardiac arrest (n)

19

  No flow duration (min)

1 (0–15)

  Low flow duration (min)

15 (1–55)

 STEMI [n (%)]

23 (56)

 Associated PCI [n (%)]

18 (43)

 LVEF (%)a

15 (5–55)

 SOFA score

10 (3–15)

Procedural characteristics

 Success of implantation [n (%)] (%)

41 (100)

 Reperfusion cannula [n (%)]

40/41 (97)

 Cannulation time (min)

20 (10–40)

  1. Continuous data presented as median (min–max)
  2. BMI body mass index, VA-ECMO veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, LVEF left ventricle ejection fraction
  3. aIn patients with spontaneous circulation