Outcomes definition
death
EVENTS, SECONDARY
The primary outcome was time to successful weaning from VA-ECMO within 30 days. Successful ECMO weaning was defined as follows: ECMO removal within 30 days in a patient being alive and without one of the following events occurring in the 30 days after ECMO removal: death, or need for repeated ECMO support or another mechanical circulatory device or heart transplantation (defining the ECMO weaning failure after ECMO removal). The secondary outcomes were 30-day mortality and 1-year mortality.