Search Tag: cardiogenic shock
2023 10 Oct
Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is used frequently in treating infarct-related cardiogenic shock, but there is a lack of evidence regarding its impact on mortality. In a multicentre trial involving patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock and planned early revascularisation, participants were randomly assigned...Read more
2018 11 Jul
An analysis of ECMO – extracorporeal membrane oxygenation – use in patients with cardiogenic shock finds that mortality remains high despite increasing utilisation of the resource-intensive intervention in this population. Season of admission (other than Fall) and presence of specific comorbidities (respiratory and genitourinary diseases) are associated...Read more
2017 01 Nov
A new study aims to assess the effectiveness of a novel therapy for treating cardiogenic shock and patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous intervention procedures. The Synchritude Registry is a prospective, nonrandomised, multicentre, open-label registry of the performance of the i-cor Synchronised Cardiac Assist device to be conducted at 30 centres...Read more
2016 16 Feb
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows that heart attack patients who experience cardiogenic shock have a higher risk of death or rehospitalisation than non-shock patients in the first 60 days post-discharge, but the gap between the two groups narrows by the end of the first year. For the purpose of the...Read more