Outcomes of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest in adult cardiac surgery patients Michael A. Mazzeffi, MD, MPH, Pablo G. Sanchez, MD, Daniel Herr, MD, Eric Krause, MD, JD, Charles F. Evans, MD, Raymond Rector, CCP, Brian McCormick, CCP, Si Pham, MD, Bradley Taylor, MD, MPH, Bartley Griffith, MD, Zachary N. Kon, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 152, Issue 4, Pages 1133-1139 (October 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.014 Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier analysis showing survival at last follow-up. The shaded area represents the 95% confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 1133-1139DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.014) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier analysis showing survival at last follow-up after stratification by age group. The shaded area represents the 95% confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 1133-1139DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.014) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier analysis showing survival at last follow-up after stratification by duration of CCPR before initiation of ECPR. The shaded area represents the 95% confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 1133-1139DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.014) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal life support cannulation with a venous cannula in the right femoral vein and an arterial cannula in the left common femoral artery. The distal perfusion cannula, a 6 F sheath, is in the left superficial femoral artery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 1133-1139DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.014) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Video 1 The study's lead author speaks about the study's purpose, results, and implications of its findings. Video available at http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)30644-4/addons. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 1133-1139DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.014) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions