When multidisciplinary health care teams were engaged in caring for patients suffering from refractory cardiogenic shock, a severe condition that can occur after a heart attack, the likelihood of survival increased significantly, ...
Jul 11, 2019
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A thyroid storm is characterized by high-circulating thyroid hormones (severe hyperthyroidism) that leads to life-threatening acute end-organ damage, including neurologic dysfunction, cardiogenic shock, hepatic failure, cardiac ...
Apr 18, 2023
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A new shock classification scheme released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and endorsed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association, the Society of Critical ...
Sep 20, 2019
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(HealthDay)—After nearly dying from a severe case of COVID-19, a young male patient received a successful heart transplant even as he was recuperating from his infection while on a ventilator, a new case study reports.
Dec 16, 2021
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Heart attacks with cardiogenic shock represent a major European healthcare concern with mortality rates between 40-70 percent. So how can it be treated best? The breakthrough findings of the five-year long CULPRIT-SHOCK multi-center ...
Oct 11, 2018
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A newly released expert consensus statement proposes a classification schema for cardiogenic shock (CS) that will facilitate communication in both the clinical and research settings. The document was published online in SCAI's ...
May 20, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Results from a pragmatic randomized, double-blind clinical trial indicate that milrinone and dobutamine yield similar outcomes in the treatment of cardiogenic shock, according to a study published in the Aug. ...
Aug 20, 2021
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Patients who are African-American or Hispanic, uninsured or covered by Medicaid insurance and living in low-income ZIP codes are less likely to receive a heart-pumping device known as a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), ...
Apr 6, 2019
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Published results of a large, national heart attack study show that patients with a life-threatening complication known as cardiogenic shock survived at a significantly higher rate when treated with a protocol developed by ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Cardiogenic shock is not a heart attack, but it can be caused by one. The condition can happen suddenly, or it can be the end of a slow decline. One doctor may treat it with medication, while another may choose surgery. Although ...
Sep 22, 2022
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