Research Article
Extracorporeal Rescue for Early and Late Graft Failure after Cardiac Transplantation: Short Result and Long-Term Followup
Table 1
The basic data of the study and the “early” and the “late” graft failures after transplantation (graft failure after heart transplantation).
| | Study group | Early | Immediate | Late |
| Episode, | 48 | 35 | 30 | 10 | Age, yr (median) | 37.7 ± 18.8 (43.3) | 36.1 ± 18.6 (42.8) | 34.7 ± 18 (35.4) | 37.2 ± 20.3 (43.4) | Etiology | | | | | DCMP, (%) | 21 (43.8) | 15 (42.9) | 13 (43.3) | 5 (50) | ICMP, (%) | 17 (35.4) | 14 (40) | 11 (36.7) | 2 (20) | Other, (%) | 10 (20.8) | 6 (17.1) | 6 (20) | 3 (30) | Previous heart surgery | 15 (31.3) | 14 (40) | 10 (33.3) | 1 (10) | Pre-Tx ECMO | 12 (25%) | 12 (34.3) | 11 (26.7) |
0 (0)* | CPR before ECMO | 20 (41.7) | 15 (42.9) | 12 (40) | 4 (40) | ECMO during CPR | 10 (20.8) | 8 (22.9) | 7 (23.3) | 1 (10) | IABP use | 15 (31.3) | 13 (37.1) | 12 (40) | 2 (20) | Ischemic time, min (median) | 178 ± 70 (169) | 184 ± 7 (174) | 181 ± 73 (171) | 189 ± 71 (214) | >120 min, (%) | 35 (72.9) | 25 (71.4) | 21 (70) | 7 (70) | >180 min, (%) | 23 (47.9) | 17 (38.6) | 14 (46.7) | 6 (60) | >240 min, (%) | 11 (22.9) | 8 (22.8) | 7 (23.3) | 3 (30) | ECMO duration, hr (median) | (103) | (103) | (107) | (143) | Success rate | 23 (47.9) | 18 (51.4) | 15 (50) | 5 (50) |
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Significant difference for late group with other groups. CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DCMP: dilated cardiomyopathy; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICMP: ischemic cardiomyopathy; IABP: intraaortic balloon pump; Tx: transplantation; yr: year.
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