Strategies to Lower In-Hospital Mortality in STEMI Patients with Primary PCI: Analysing Two Years Data from a High-Volume Interventional Centre by Alexandru Burlacu, Grigore Tinica, Igor Nedelciuc, Paul Simion, Bogdan Artene, Adrian Covic

“…The majority of deaths were due to cardiogenic shock. We suggested that in order to lower mortality under 5 percent, focus should be on creating a cardiogenic shock system based on the US experience. …”
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Venoarteriovenous ECMO in Concomitant Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Cardiomyopathy Associated with COVID-19 Infection by Zachary R. Bergman, Saranya Prathibha, Brent D. Bauman, Demetris Yannopoulos, Melissa E. Brunsvold

“…A subset of critically ill COVID-19 patients develops cardiomyopathy as well, manifested by cardiogenic shock with reduced ejection fraction, dysrhythmias, and subsequent increase in mortality. …”
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Pitfalls of computed tomography angiography examination in veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients: a case report of a patient with cardiac rupture by Hua-Liang Ying, Hui Zhao, Chao Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Weijun Song, Yongpo Jiang

“…Abstract Background Veno-arterial (V-A) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is commonly used for patients with cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, or heart failure and is a life-saving technique. …”
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Diagnostic Model of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Used Artificial Intelligence Methods by Yong Li

“…The strongest predictors of in-hospital mortality were age, gender, cardiogenic shock, AF, VF, third degree atrioventricular block, in-hospital bleeding, underwent PCI during hospitalization, underwent CABG during hospitalization, hypertension history, diabetes history, and myocardial infarction history. …”
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Impact of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Implantation of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump on the Outcome of an Acute Total Obstruction of the Left Main Coronary Artery by Hamza Hamayel, Yahya Ismail, Sajed Majadla, Yousef Hamshari, Yunis Daralammouri

“…The patient developed cardiogenic shock during the procedure. An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) was applied which improved his hemodynamic status and enhanced his coronary flow. …”
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Outcomes of Emergency Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Hans Huang, Christopher P. Kovach, Sean Bell, Mark Reisman, Gabriel Aldea, James M. McCabe, Danny Dvir, Creighton Don

“…Emergency TAVR in extreme risk patients with acute decompensated heart failure or cardiogenic shock secondary to severe aortic valve disease is associated with high in-hospital mortality rates. …”
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Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the Era of COVID-19 by Khizar Hamid, Swaminathan Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Touba Naim, Muhammad Hamza, Mirza Omer Mahmood Baig, Emad Abu Sitta

“…It presents with the rapid development of pulmonary edema, respiratory failure, and cardiogenic shock with the hallmark being microvascular leakage. …”
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Associated Myocarditis Requiring Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Anamaria Milas, Aditya Shah, Neesha Anand, Meghan Saunders-Kurban, Samir Patel

“…Severe fulminant myocarditis causing cardiogenic shock can be a rapidly progressing, life threatening condition. …”
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Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect Successfully Treated with Impella as Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation by Lauren Giudicatti, Benjamin Silbert, Xiao-Fang Xu, Anthony Putrino, Felicity Lee, Amit Shah, Robert Larbalestier, Karim Slimani, Andrew Laycock, Kaitlyn Lam

“…A 63-year-old female presented late with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. This was complicated by acute ventricular septal defect with large left-to-right shunt. …”
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Recurrent Stress Cardiomyopathy: A Rare Variant in a Young Patient with Undiagnosed Pheochromocytoma by Robert Lembo, Paul Wesley, Joe B. Calkins

“…We present a case of a young patient with recurrent stress cardiomyopathy complicated by cardiogenic shock in the perioperative period. The cardiomyopathy observed was in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma who presented for intervention of hydrocephalus. …”
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To PLEX or Not to PLEX for Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis by Tania Ahuja, Olivia Nuti, Cameron Kemal, Darren Kang, Eugene Yuriditsky, James M. Horowitz, Raymond A. Pashun

“…We report a case of PLEX in an attempt to treat cardiogenic shock secondary to AIT. This case highlights the robust rapidly deleterious demise of AIT, specifically in patients with decompensated heart failure. …”
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Proper Treatment and Management of Postcardiotomy Refractory Vasospasm by Caleb R. Weissman, Stephane Leung Wai Sang

“…Subsequent emergent coronary angiogram demonstrated diffuse native coronary artery vasospasm that was only transiently responsive to intracardiac nitroglycerin, resulting in persistent cardiogenic shock and severe biventricular dysfunction. …”
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Levosimendan and Global Longitudinal Strain Assessment in Sepsis (GLASSES 1): a study protocol for an observational study by Iacopo Cappellini, Alessandra Melai, Lucia Zamidei, Maddalena Parise, Simone Cipani, Guglielmo Consales

“…Introduction Cardiogenic shock is a condition of low cardiac output that represents the end stage of a progressive deterioration of cardiac function. …”
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FOLFOX Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Treated with Impella Assist Device by Swethika Sundaravel, Abdulah Alrifai, Mohamad Kabach, Waqas Ghumman

“…Here we have a patient who presented with cardiogenic shock after 5 days of receiving FOLFOX regimen for colorectal adenocarcinoma. …”
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Severe Pulmonary Hypertension as Initial Presentation of SLE: A Case Report and Literature Review by Rabia Kiani, Muhammad Danial Siddiqui, Hamza Tantoush

“…We present here a case of young female who presented with severe pulmonary hypertension with right heart failure leading to cardiogenic shock and was found to have SLE. She was started on appropriate treatment; however, given the severity of her illness, the patient did not survive. …”
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Single arterial access for Ecpella and jugular venous cannulation provides full mobility on a status 1 heart transplant recipient by Macit Bitargil, Si Pham, Osama Haddad, Basar Sareyyupoglu

“…Abstract Concomitant treatment with veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA‐ECMO) and Impella may improve outcomes in patients with cardiogenic shock compared with VA‐ECMO alone. Here, we explain a new method to introduce Impella and ECMO through the same arterial access site and jugular venous cannulation to accomplish a mobile patient concept.…”
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Iatrogenic Ascending Aorta Dissection during Diagnostic Coronary Angiography: Rare but Life-Threatening by Marc Lambelin, Luc Janssens, Luc Haenen

“…The patient developed cardiogenic shock due to acute pericardial tamponade and so immediate, life-saving cardiac surgery with implantation of a supracoronary graft was successfully performed. …”
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Acute Heart Failure Caused by Parvovirus B-19 Myocarditis Treated with Human Immunoglobulin by Luca Alberti, Marco Loffi, Gabriele Fragasso, Roberto Spoladore, Carlo Ballarotto, Alberto Margonato

“…We describe the case of a 42-year-old woman developing cardiogenic shock with cardiac tamponade due to an acute myo-pericarditis caused by Parvovirus B19 (PVB19), successfully treated with intravenous (iv) immunoglobulin administration.…”
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A Family History of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Induced by Viral Myocarditis by Thomas Cognet, Olivier Lairez, Pauline Marchal, Jérôme Roncalli, Michel Galinier

“…Myocarditis can lead to acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock, or sudden death and later, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with chronic heart failure. …”
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Conservative Treatment for Right Ventricular Free Wall Rupture in a Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction by Mohd Al-Baqlish Mohd Firdaus, Nur Syahirah Abdul Rahim, Nurtasneem Rusdi, Nor Saadah Idris, Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Said, Imran Zainal Abidin

“…We presented a case of a ninety-year-old gentleman who presented with acute inferolateral myocardial infarction in cardiogenic shock and right ventricular free wall rupture. …”
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