Research Article
Prophylactic ECMO Support during Elective Coronary Percutaneous Interventions in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience
Table 2
Baseline characteristics (cardiac history, anatomy, and risk scores).
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PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft surgery; coronary artery: LM (left main); LAD: left anterior descending; RCA: right coronary artery; CX: circumflex artery; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction. Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction was defined as a right ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 45% severe pulmonary hypertension (PH), defined by >50 mmHg after right catheterisation measurements. |