Cardiogenic shock

Cardiogenic and obstructive shock

Hypotension and cardiogenic shock

Mechanical ventilation in cardiogenic pulmonary edema

Transradial PCI in Cardiogenic Shock

Why don't more patients in cardiogenic shock receive PCI -- via a transradial approach? American Heart Journal

IABP does not improve blood pressure symptoms in patients with cardiogenic shock

A balloon pump inserted in the aorta is currently the most widely used support device in the treatment of cardiogenic shock and, since its introduction in 1968, has been used in several million people...

PCI by Radial Approach Feasible in Cardiogenic Shock

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by the radial approach appears safe and feasible in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and cardiogenic shock. Reuters Health Info...

SHOCK II: IABP Use Questioned (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- When myocardial infarction (MI) is complicated by cardiogenic shock, use of intraaortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP) did not reduce mortality among patients scheduled for revascu...

Intraaortic balloon pump fails to improve mortality rate in cardiogenic shock patients: The IABP-SHOCK II study

A balloon pump inserted in the aorta is currently the most widely used support device in the treatment of cardiogenic shock and, since its introduction in 1968, has been used in several million people...

Interventional cardiology: Intra-aortic balloon support for MI and cardiogenic shock—time to change the guidelines?

Improving Outcomes in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock

Cardiogenic shock carries a grim prognosis. Can we turn it around? American Heart Journal

Catheter Not Required for Shock Dx (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Internists and emergency room physicians may be able to diagnose cardiogenic shock using a model of clinical and echocardiographic variables, researchers sug...

Post-myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock is a systemic illness in need of systemic treatment is therapeutic hypothermia one possibility?

Early observations of cardiogenic shock as a systemic clinical syndrome were first described in 1942. Today, cardiogenic shock remains the leading cause of death among patients hospitalized for myocar...

Thrombosis of the ascending aorta during mechanical circulatory support in a patient with cardiogenic shock.

Cardiogenic shock after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a life-threatening complication and is most often related to abrupt vessel closure. We present the case of a patient who developed c...

Cardiogenic pulmonary edema - truth and myths in the perspective of emergency medicine.

This critical analysis of the traditional pathophysiological approach to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiogenic pulmonary edema calls into question some long-established ideas and interventions th...

Plasma glucose and not hemoglobin or renal function predicts mortality in patients with STEMI complicated with cardiogenic shock.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the predictive value of three biomarkers for mortality in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with cardiogenic shock. BACKGROUND: STEMI complicated by cardiogenic s...

Cardiogenic shock and nutrition: safe?

Cardiogenic shock is a common diagnosis in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), and is characterized by a decreased cardiac output in the presence of adequate intravascular volume associated wit...