PMID- 31652322 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200824 LR - 20200824 IS - 1569-9285 (Electronic) IS - 1569-9285 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Feb 1 TI - Does concurrent use of intra-aortic balloon pumps improve survival in patients with cardiogenic shock requiring venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation? PG - 312-315 LID - 10.1093/icvts/ivz256 [doi] AB - A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was 'Does concurrent use of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) improve survival in patients with cardiogenic shock requiring venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO)?'. Altogether 472 papers were found using the reported search, of which 3 level 2 systematic reviews represented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The authors, journal, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes and results of these papers are tabulated. The reported comparative outcomes were mortality, weaning off extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), vascular complications and non-vascular complications. One systematic review demonstrated significantly lower in-hospital mortality with concurrent use of IABP and VA-ECMO, while the other 2 studies showed no difference in mortality. One paper reported on the weaning success from ECMO and demonstrated significantly higher weaning success with concurrent IABP usage. Another paper reported on the complications and showed no differences in vascular and non-vascular complications. We conclude that there was no significant improvement in survival with the concurrent use of IABP and VA-ECMO for a cardiogenic shock as compared to the use of VA-ECMO alone. However, the concurrent use of IABP with VA-ECMO improved weaning success from VA-ECMO. The incidence of vascular and non-vascular complications was similar with or without IABP usage. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, DaoBo AU - Wang D AD - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Chao, Victor AU - Chao V AD - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Yap, Kok Hooi AU - Yap KH AD - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Tan, Teing Ee AU - Tan TE AD - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - England TA - Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg JT - Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery JID - 101158399 SB - IM MH - Cardiac Surgical Procedures/*methods MH - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/*methods MH - Global Health MH - *Heart-Assist Devices MH - Hospital Mortality MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping/*methods MH - Shock, Cardiogenic/epidemiology/*surgery MH - Survival Rate/trends OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cardiogenic shock OT - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation OT - Intra-aortic balloon pump OT - Mortality OT - Survival EDAT- 2019/10/28 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/25 06:00 CRDT- 2019/10/26 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/09/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - 5607338 [pii] AID - 10.1093/icvts/ivz256 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2020 Feb 1;30(2):312-315. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivz256.