Monitoring of the Adult Patient on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Table 1

Indications for VA ECMO.

Refractory cardiogenic shock
Myocardial infarction
Myocarditis
Primary graft failure following heart transplantation
Postcardiotomy (failure to wean from CPB after cardiac; surgery)
Drug overdose resulting in profound myocardial depression
Septic cardiomyopathy
Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Pulmonary embolism
Recurrent dysrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation
Severe pulmonary hypertension
Anaphylactic shock
Trauma to major vessels or myocardium
Massive hemoptysis or pulmonary hemorrhage
Pre- or postprocedure circulatory support for high risk interventional procedures