PMID- 38512920 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240325 LR - 20240325 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 3 DP - 2024 TI - Mortality in patients with normal left ventricular function requiring emergency VA-ECMO for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock due to coronary malperfusion. PG - e0300568 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0300568 [doi] LID - e0300568 AB - OBJECTIVES: To analyze outcomes in patients with normal preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) undergoing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) therapy due to postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (PCCS) related to coronary malperfusion. METHODS: Retrospective single-center analysis in patients with normal preoperative LVEF treated with VA-ECMO for coronary malperfusion-related PCCS between May 1998 and May 2018. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality, which was compared using the Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify predictors of mortality. RESULTS: During the study period, a total of 62,125 patients underwent cardiac surgery at our institution. Amongst them, 59 patients (0.1%) with normal preoperative LVEF required VA-ECMO support due to coronary malperfusion-related PCCS. The mean duration of VA-ECMO support was 6 days (interquartile range 4-7 days). The 30-day mortality was 50.8%. Under VA-ECMO therapy, a complication composite outcome of bleeding, re-exploration for bleeding, acute renal failure, acute liver failure, and sepsis occurred in 51 (86.4%) patients. Independent predictors of 30-day mortality were lactate levels > 9.9 mmol/l before VA-ECMO implantation (odds ratio [OR]: 3.3; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.5-7.0; p = 0.002), delay until revascularization > 278 minutes (OR: 2.9; 95% CI 1.3-6.4; p = 0.008) and peripheral arterial artery disease (OR: 3.3; 95% 1.6-7.5; p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Mortality rates are high in patients with normal preoperative LVEF who develop PCCS due to coronary malperfusion. The early implantation of VA-ECMO before the development of profound tissue hypoxia and early coronary revascularization increases the likelihood of survival. Lactate levels are useful to define optimal timing for the VA-ECMO initiation. CI - Copyright: (c) 2024 Kang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. FAU - Kang, Jagdip AU - Kang J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5555-9616 AD - Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Marin-Cuartas, Mateo AU - Marin-Cuartas M AD - Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Flo Forner, Anna AU - Flo Forner A AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Menon, Priya R AU - Menon PR AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Ginther, Andre AU - Ginther A AD - Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Saaed, Diyar AU - Saaed D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7449-9455 AD - Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - de Waha, Suzanne AU - de Waha S AD - Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Meineri, Massimiliano AU - Meineri M AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Ender, Jorg AU - Ender J AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Borger, Michael A AU - Borger MA AD - Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240321 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Lactates) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Shock, Cardiogenic/etiology/therapy MH - *Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/methods MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Ventricular Function, Left MH - Stroke Volume MH - Lactates PMC - PMC10956859 COIS- I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Michael A. Borger discloses that his hospital receives speakers' honoraria and/or consulting fees on his behalf from Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Abbott and CryoLife. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest or financial relationships with the industry to disclose. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. EDAT- 2024/03/21 18:45 MHDA- 2024/03/25 06:43 PMCR- 2024/03/21 CRDT- 2024/03/21 13:53 PHST- 2023/05/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/25 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/21 18:45 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/21 13:53 [entrez] PHST- 2024/03/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-23-14194 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0300568 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2024 Mar 21;19(3):e0300568. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300568. eCollection 2024.