JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
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JACC Cardiovasc Imaging · Aug 2021
Prognostic Implication of RV Coupling to Pulmonary Circulation for Successful Weaning From Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
The aim of this study was to explore if right ventricular (RV) contractile function and its coupling to pulmonary circulation (PC) were associated with successful weaning from venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) at maintenance of pump flow. ⋯ Echocardiographic RV-PC coupling metrics exhibited a significantly better performance for predicting successful weaning from VA ECMO compared with conventional echocardiographic criteria at maintenance of pump flow.