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AHA 22 - CardioNerds Fellow, Dr Saahil A Jumkhawala (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, US) is joined by investigator, Dr Petr Ostadal (Na Homolce Hospital, CZ) to talk about the ECMO-CS trial (NCT02301819).
In the ECMO-CS trial 122 patients with rapidly deteriorating or severe cardiogenic shock were randomized to receive veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or early…
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Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a circulatory failure as a consequence of left, right or biventricular dysfunction.1 It leads to critical end-organ hypoperfusion due to primary cardiac dysfunction.1 Therefore, CS is not only a cardiac disease but also a multiorgan dysfunction syndrome involving the entire circulatory system, often complicated by a systemic inflammatory response syndrome.2 The goals of…
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Red Flags in Acute Myocarditis
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Shock in cardio-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients is a serious condition associated with a high morbidity and mortality.1,2 Prompt identification of the underlying condition and timely therapeutic interventions are key to reverse the shock state and to improve the patients’ outcome. Hence, the management during the first 6 hours is of paramount importance. This time period is also…
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Dear Editor,
Case Presentation
A 50-year old female presented to the emergency department with a 6-day history of fever, progressively worsening cough and shortness of breath. The patient did not report any contact with anyone who had been recently unwell or had been travelling. Upon arrival to the emergency room, the patient was noted to be severely hypoxaemic by pulse oximetry (66%) and in…
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