Monitoring of the Adult Patient on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Table 2

Contraindications to VA ECMO.

Absolute contraindications
Uncontrolled, active bleeding or other contraindication to; anticoagulation
End-stage, irreversible processes from which patient is not; expected to recover (unless transplant candidate)
(i) Cardiac disease
(ii) Respiratory disease
(iii) Neurologic disease
Poor preexisting functional status or multisystem organ failure
Unwitnessed cardiac arrest or prolonged cardiopulmonary; resuscitation (>60 min)
Aortic dissection
Severe aortic valve regurgitation
Other considerations
Advanced age
Renal or liver failure
Active malignancy
Morbid obesity
Significant peripheral vascular disease
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia