Der Anaesthesist
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Survival rates after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remain low. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) has been introduced as an attempt to increase survival in selected patients and observational studies have shown promising results. Nevertheless, inclusion criteria and timing of eCPR remain undefined. ⋯ Despite low-flow times of more than 60 min, eCPR was associated with survival in 28% after OHCA. Hence, exceeding the golden hour of eCPR cannot act as a definitive exclusion criterion for eCPR.