The current trend of increasing use of ECPR is very promising. However the pool of available research of efficacy is limited, with a number of retrospective observational studies and prospective case-controls studies providing the foundation of modern ECPR evidence. Due to the very nature of ECPR, the applications of a randomised control trial is largely unfeasible, thus limited the quality of data available Furthermore, in regards to logistics, ECPR is a highly sub specialised procedure which is both resource and skill intensive. As such it is expensive to initiate and to maintain and therefore has exclusively occurred in tertiary centres with a well-established ECMO service.
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cardiopulmonary bypass
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Resuscitative thoracotomy
Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
Cardioversion
Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation