Akin S, Caliskan K, Soliman O, et al. - Via retrospectively obtaining data from all adult patients (n = 103) who were treated with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) between November 2004 and January 2016, researchers evaluated the utility of the SOFA score in combination with markers of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in anticipating mortality in the ICU. In the ICU, 37 out of 103 patients died. In patients on VA-ECMO, adding RV-function to the existing SOFA score improves significantly the anticipation of ICU mortality. Therefore, a dedicated assessment of RV function in VA-ECMO patients is recommended.