Survival decreased progressively with worse acidemia or metabolic acidosis despite 24 hours of hemodynamic support with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation among patients with cardiogenic shock. Our findings emphasize the prognostic significance of metabolic parameters as potentially modifiable risk factors and underscore the need for early recognition and interventions to mitigate severe metabolic derangements.
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