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).

PatientPrior PCIPrior CABGCoronary arteryLVEF (%)RV dysfunctionPHEuroSCOREEuroSCORE II (%)SYNTAX 1Residual SYNTAX

101LM30111841.943810
200LM30111942.3280
300LM5011106.51260
410LM30111211.363610
500IVA15011411.36280
600IVA, RCA1500I1514.78260
710Marginal circumflex/RCA101087.72280
800LAD20111314.78160
900LM10001016.35380

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.