CardiacWire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

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. (..)

TAVR 59

TAVR Cardiogenic Shock Hospital Cardiac Arrest 59

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

About 45 minutes after the second EKG, the patient was found in cardiac arrest. A temporary pacemaker was implanted, and she was admitted to the ICU with cardiogenic shock. Later the next day, she went into cardiac arrest again. She was worked as a full code, and ROSC was achieved.

Cardiac Arrest 123

Cardiac Arrest Myocardial Infarction STEMI Cardiogenic Shock 123

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 21, 2024

The patient in today’s case presented in cardiogenic shock from proximal LAD occlusion, in conjunction with a subtotally stenosed LMCA. If there had been — a temporary atrial pacemaker could have been considered as a way of increasing the heart rate to suppress a bradycardia-dependent arrhythmia ("overdrive pacing").

Arrhythmia 131

Arrhythmia Cardiogenic Shock Bradycardia Defibrillator 131