Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for cardiogenic shock after MI (ECLS-SHOCK trial)

When patients with massive myocardial infarctions develop cardiogenic shock, it’s a terrible sign. Even if they undergo rapid revascularization of the culprit lesion(s) with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement, as many as half die within a month. Many of the rest are left with significant disability.

The traditional method to he…