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. 2025 Oct 1;29(1):415.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05655-6.

Conventional versus pump-controlled retrograde trial off (PCRTO) weaning in V-A ECMO: exploring feasibility, physiological insights and benefits

Francesca Fiorelli #  1 , Christophe Vandenbriele #  1   2   3 , Hatem Soliman Aboumarie  1 , Georgios Georgovasilis  1 , Tim Jackson  1 , Ana Sofia da Costa Pinto  1 , Olaf Maunz  1 , Fernando Riesgo Gil  1 , Waqas Akhtar  1 , Jonathan Aron  4 , Charlie Cox  4 , Vasileios Panoulas  1   5 , Donna Hall  1 , Alexander Rosenberg #  1 , Maurizio Passariello #  1 , Brijesh V Patel #  6   7
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Conventional versus pump-controlled retrograde trial off (PCRTO) weaning in V-A ECMO: exploring feasibility, physiological insights and benefits

Francesca Fiorelli et al. Crit Care. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was registered as a service evaluation on each of the sites. As per local agreement, informed consent could be waived. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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Fig. 1
Schematic overview indicating the flow during conventional peripheral V-A ECMO-support (left panel) and flow reversal during PCRTO (right panel). RV: right ventricle; LV: left ventricle; V-A ECMO: veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PCRTO: pump-controlled retrograde trial off; rpm: revolution per minute; MAP: mean arterial pressure; P-return ECMO: return ECMO-cannula pressure
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