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Mean age was 61.07 \u00b1 10.7 and 54 (80.6%) patients were male. Main cause of RCS was acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (74.6%), while 44 (65.7%) were resuscitated prior to admission. The mean Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score (SOFA) score on admission was 73.54 \u00b1 16.03 and 12.25 \u00b1 2.71, respectively, corresponding to an expected mortality of higher than 80%. Vasopressor doses and lactate levels were significantly decreased within 72 h on biventricular support (p &lt; 0.05 for both). Overall, 17 (25.4%) patients were discharged to cardiac rehabilitation and 5 patients (7.5%) were bridged successfully to ventricular assist device implantation, leading to a total of 32.8% survival on hospital discharge. The 6-month survival was 31.3%. Lactate &gt; 6 mmol\/L, vasoactive score &gt; 100 and pH &lt; 7.26 on initiation of biventricular support, as well as Charlson comorbity index &gt; 3 and prior resuscitation were independent predictors of survival. 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