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We retrospectively reviewed all extracorporeal life supports implanted for primary cardiogenic shock between January 2009 and December 2018 at our institution. Among 212 patients, 143 cases (67%) were treated exclusively with ECMO (Group 1) and 69 cases (33%) with extracorporeal VAD implantation (Group 2, 48 of whom as conversion of ECMO). ECLS mean duration was 8.37 \u00b1 8.43 days in Group 1 and 14.25 \u00b1 10.84 days in Group 2 (p = 0.001), while the mean rates of the highest predicted flow were 61.21 \u00b1 16.01% and 79.49 \u00b1 18.42% (p = 0.001), respectively. Increasing mechanical support flow was related to in-hospital mortality and overall mortality in Group 1 (HR 11.36, CI 95%: 2.19\u201344.20), but not in Group 2 (HR 1.48, CI 95%: 0.32\u20136.80). High-flow ECMO patients had lower survival with respect to high-flow extracorporeal VAD patients (p = 0.027). 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