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Newer Inotrope Fails to Wean Cardiogenic Shock Patients Off of ECMO

French centers tested the calcium-sensitizing inotrope levosimendan in patients with severe but potentially reversible cardiogenic shock recently put on VA-ECMO. Early levosimendan did not facilitate ...
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VA ECMO for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock in adults

Postcardiotomy refers to the period immediately after open-heart surgery. Postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (PCS) is a rare but life-threatening situation that happens when the efficiency of the heart ...
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Current applications and outcomes of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation based on 6 years of experience: risk factors for in‑hospital mortality

Categorical variables are presented as numbers (percentages) and were compared with the χ 2 test. Continuous variables are presented as median (interquartile range; range) and were compared with the ...
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RED Health's VA-ECMO air transfer saves woman with hypoxemic respiratory failure

“The patient was in a precarious condition, with oxygen saturation levels dropping to a dangerously low 72 percent. Using the VA-ECMO (Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) air transfer ...
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Impella Use for Ventricular Unloading During VA-ECMO Compared With VA-ECMO Alone: An Analysis of the American Heart Association Cardiogenic Shock Registry (AHA-CSR)

Longitudinal ImmuKnow Monitoring One Year After Heart Transplant: Associations with Rejection, Infection, and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations ...
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TCT 675: Massive Pulmonary Embolism Requiring VA ECMO, Percutaneous Thrombectomy, and Ultimately Surgical Embolectomy

Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations from major meetings right to your inbox. TCTMD ® is produced by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation ® (CRF). CRF ® is committed to igniting ...
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VA ECMO for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock in adults

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) can be used in the NHS during the evidence generation period as an option to manage postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (PCS) in adults. There ...