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Case 8-2024: A 55-Year-Old Man with Cardiac Arrest, Cardiogenic Shock, and Hypoxemia

The New England Journal of Medicine

A 55-year-old man had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. An evaluation showed 2-mm ST-segment elevations in the inferior leads on electrocardiography, cardiogenic shock, and a new systolic murmur. A diagnosis was made.

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Incidence and predictors of weaning failure from veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy in patients with cardiogenic shock

European Journal of Heart Failure

Predictors of weaning failure from veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in patients with cardiogenic shock. The cause of CS was acute myocardial infarction in 438 (63.9%) patients, and 431 (62.9%) patients presented with cardiac arrest. RRT, renal replacement therapy. interquartile range 4.112.7]

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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

Patients admitted on weekends also experienced higher rates of a range of complications: Paravalvular leakage (0.97% vs. 0.59%) Cardiogenic shock (7.59% vs. 3.97%) Permanent pacemaker implantation (11.12% vs. 9.25%) Endocarditis (0.74% vs. 0.37%) Cardiac arrest (2.19% vs. 1.65%) Acute kidney injury (29.76% vs. 19.56%) Acute ischemic stroke (2.94% vs. (..)

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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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Ventilation strategies in cardiogenic shock: Insights from the AltShock‐2 registry

European Journal of Heart Failure

Ventilatory modalities in cardiogenic shock: insights from the AltShock-2 registry. Aims To describe the use and the relation to outcome of different ventilation strategies in a contemporary, large, prospective registry of cardiogenic shock patients. All-cause mortality at 24h did not differ amongst the three groups.

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Early Utilization of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock: The National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundAcute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (AMI‐CS) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. mmol/L and cardiac power output was 0.67±0.29 watts. A total of 406 patients were enrolled at 80 sites between 2016 and 2020. Patients presented with a mean systolic blood pressure of 77.2±19.2 mm Hg,