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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2026

Psychosocial outcome of COVID-19 patients requiring ventilation after ECMO versus long-term mechanical ventilation.

I Dalyanoglu, S Seeger, L J Vallejo Castano, J Nienhaus, E Yilmaz, A M Markser, B Korbmacher, A Lichtenberg, H Dalyanoglu

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I Dalyanoglu *Department for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Sankt Marien-Hospital Buer GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
S Seeger *Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
L J Vallejo CastanoDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
J NienhausDepartment of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
E YilmazDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
A M MarkserUniversity Hospital Duesseldorf, Clinical Institute for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Duesseldorf, Germany.
B KorbmacherDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
A LichtenbergDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
H DalyanogluDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.

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Background: Severe COVID-19 frequently necessitates prolonged intensive care treatment, including long-term mechanical ventilation (MV) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). While survival outcomes of these modalities have been extensively studied, data on long-term psychological sequelae remain limited. This study compared psychosocial outcomes in COVID-19 ICU survivors treated with ECMO vs. prolonged MV alone. Materials and methods: In this exploratory single-centre study combined retrospective clinical data with prospective long-term psychosocial follow-up, 150 adult patients with severe COVID-19 treated between March 2020 and December 2021 were included (ECMO: Results: ECMO patients were significantly younger (mean 53.8 vs. 66.0 years; Conclusion: Survivors of severe COVID-19 requiring either ECMO or prolonged mechanical ventilation exhibit a substantial long-term psychological burden. Distinct psychosocial profiles were observed between treatment modalities, with higher attachment-related anxiety among MV survivors and numerically greater depressive and trauma-related symptoms among ECMO survivors. These findings highlight the importance of systematic post-ICU psychological screening and the integration of psychosocial outcomes into long-term critical care follow-up.

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