Left Ventricular Physiological Effects of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support During Cardiogenic Shock
A Clinical Events Committee (CEC) will include Cardiac Surgery Professor and chief of cardiac surgery Rose Kelly MD, Professor of Medicine Ganesh Raveendran MD at the University of Minnesota who is the direction of Interventional Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota David Benditt. They will review and adjudicate serious and unexpected adverse events independently from the PI and co investigators.
• Age 18-75 years
• SCAI D/E CS requiring VA-ECMO support based on treating team's judgement.
• MAP \>65 mmHg on \<3 vasopressors/inotropes at the time of consent
• Cardiogenic shock due to acute coronary syndrome identified by coronary angiography at the index hospitalization per standard cardiology practice