Association of Shock-to-Balloon Time With Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Infarction With Cardiogenic Shock Requiring VA-ECMO.
In AMI-CS patients who underwent VA-ECMO, a prolonged STB was associated with higher all-cause mortality, with a consistent but exploratory trend in NSTEMI, which support STB as a prognostic marker and warrant prospective evaluation of coordinated ECMO-revascularization pathways.