Figure 4
Echocardiographic assessment. (A) Left ventricular end-diastolic areas throughout the experiment. There was a statistically significant increase in the end-diastolic area after cardiogenic shock was induced and full-support ECMO was initiated. (B) Left ventricular end-systolic areas increased similarly after full-support with ECMO was commenced. (C) Global radial strain decreased significantly from 35 to 10% after cardiogenic shock was induced. (D) Global circumferential strain showed a decrease to a lesser degree from − 18 to − 9% after shock was induced. ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ET end of instrumentation.
