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Clinical use and impact of mechanical circulatory support for myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock in the Netherlands: a registry-based propensity-matched analysis

Open Heart

Background Despite limited beneficial evidence, mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is commonly used in patients with acute myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock (AMI-CS). In this Dutch registry, we investigated MCS usage, associated patient characteristics and clinical outcomes.

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20-something with huge verapamil overdose and cardiogenic shock

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 20-something presented after a huge verapamil overdose in cardiogenic shock. Today's patient is a young male who presented in cardiogenic shock following a massive verapamil overdose. He had been seen at an outside institution and been given 6 g calcium gluconate, KCl, and a norepinephrine drip. The initial K was 3.0

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The Weekend Effect Touches TAVR Too

CardiacWire

To uncover the weekend effects impact on TAVR , researchers analyzed over 82k TAVR hospitalizations between 2013 and 2021 and revealed that weekend patients faced a 45% higher risk of in-hospital mortality compared to weekday admissions.

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Artificial intelligence-assisted echocardiographic monitoring in pediatric patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundPercutaneous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is administered to pediatric patients with cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. The traditional method uses focal echocardiography to complete the left ventricular measurement.

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Impella and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction

European Journal of Heart Failure

Impella and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in patients with acute myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock (AMICS). Methods and results This nationwide observational cohort study describes all AMICS patients treated with Impella (ABIOMED, Danvers, MA, USA) and/or VA-ECMO in 2020–2021.

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Reperfusion in Patients With ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Cardiogenic Shock and Prolonged Interhospital Transport Times

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

BACKGROUND:In patients with ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is the preferred revascularization option. pharmacoinvasive and 46.2% pharmacoinvasive and 46.2% The incidence of the primary safety outcome was 10.1% 1.09];P=0.08).CONCLUSIONS:In

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Clinical presentation, shock severity and mortality in patients with de novo versus acute?on?chronic heart failure?related cardiogenic shock

European Journal of Heart Failure

Clinical presentation, shock severity and mortality in patients with de novo versus acute-on-chronic heart failure-related cardiogenic shock. ACHF-CS, acute-on-chronic failure-related cardiogenic shock; CI, confidence interval; DNHF-CS, de novo heart failure-related cardiogenic shock; HR, hazard ratio.