How does the presence of VA-ECMO influence your interpretation of RHC numbers like mixed venous sat?
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Cardiology · Harvard Medical School
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VA-ECMO fundamentally changes RHC interpretation because the circulation is no longer a single closed loop. Mostconventional hemodynamic measurements no longer reflect total systemic flow or oxygen delivery and must be interpreted in the context of ECMO flow.
Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation (SvO₂)
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