Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano in Texas cut times of cardiogenic shock diagnosis in half after implementing a quality improvement project that included nurse education and an electronic ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Early-stage cardiogenic shock leads to poor outcomes but is underrecognized, with only one in four affected patients having any indication in their electronic medical record (EMR) that ...

Elevating patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) to mechanical circulatory support (MCS) early on could yield greater reductions in mortality due to CS, as opposed to the strategy of managing patients ...

More than a quarter of patients with early-stage cardiogenic shock had to be transferred to a higher level of care, progressed to a worse stage of shock, or died, according to a study in six US ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two heart pump systems were approved for the treatment of acute decompensated HF and cardiogenic shock in ...

The effects of temporary mechanical circulatory support with a microaxial flow pump on mortality among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) complicated by cardiogenic shock ...

ATLANTA -- Routine use of the Impella CP microaxial flow pump significantly improved survival in patients with infarct-related cardiogenic shock, the randomized DanGer Shock trial showed. In more than ...

Compared with crushed ticagrelor, intravenous cangrelor provided immediate, effective platelet inhibition, with no increase in major bleeding and lower mortality rates in patients with acute ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PercAssist, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative technology for extravascular / extracardiac Mechanical Circulatory Support to provide hemodynamic ...