EACTS/STS/AATS Guidelines on temporary mechanical circulatory support in adult cardiac surgery

Evgenij V Potapov; Glenn Whitman; Ranjit John; Pia Lanmüller; Zuzana Tucanova; Rakesh C Arora; Pavan Atluri; Eric E C de Waal; Gloria Faerber; Antonio Loforte; Roberto Lorusso; David L S Morales; Ivan Netuka; Francis D Pagani; Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü; Andrew Shaffer; Scott C Silvestry; Louis H Stein; Hiroo Takayama; Steven S L Tsui; Leora T Yarboro; Daniel Zimpfer; Milan Milojevic

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezaf330

EACTS/STS/AATS Guidelines on temporary mechanical circulatory support in adult cardiac surgery

Evgenij V Potapov^*
, Glenn Whitman^*
, Ranjit John^*
, Pia Lanmüller
, Zuzana Tucanova
, Rakesh C Arora
, Pavan Atluri
, Eric E C de Waal
, Gloria Faerber
, Antonio Loforte
, Roberto Lorusso
, David L S Morales
, Ivan Netuka
, Francis D Pagani
, Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü
, Andrew Shaffer
, Scott C Silvestry
, Louis H Stein
, Hiroo Takayama
, Steven S L Tsui

Leora T Yarboro, Daniel Zimpfer, Milan Milojevic,

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	ezaf330
Journal	European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Volume	68
Issue number	7
Early online date	9 Oct 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf330
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2026

Keywords

Clinical practice guidelines
adult cardiac surgery
cardiogenic shock
temporary mechanical circulatory support
extracorporeal life support
evidence based practice

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Potapov, E. V., Whitman, G., John, R., Lanmüller, P., Tucanova, Z., Arora, R. C., Atluri, P., de Waal, E. E. C., Faerber, G., Loforte, A., Lorusso, R., Morales, D. L. S., Netuka, I., Pagani, F. D., Gollmann-Tepeköylü, C., Shaffer, A., Silvestry, S. C., Stein, L. H., Takayama, H. (2026). EACTS/STS/AATS Guidelines on temporary mechanical circulatory support in adult cardiac surgery. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 68(7), Article ezaf330. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf330

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EACTS/STS/AATS Guidelines on temporary mechanical circulatory support in adult cardiac surgery. / Potapov, Evgenij V; Whitman, Glenn; John, Ranjit et al.
In: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Vol. 68, No. 7, ezaf330, 08.07.2026.

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