After adjusting for demographics and comorbidities, early mAFP use was associated with significantly higher odds of in-hospital mortality (Adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] 2.31). Early device placement was ...

Health will soon implement "the world's smallest heart pump" into its procedures, which is expected to reduce risks and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people who've had a heart attack—or who fear having one—focus on surviving the cardiovascular event itself. But what happens ...

LONDON — Cardiogenic shock and recovering cardiac arrest have a checkered history when it comes to high-impact management strategies. Now, a new meta-analysis provides a clear steer on the value of ...

Women with heart failure–related cardiogenic shock have worse outcomes and more vascular complications than men, a new analysis of registry data shows. "These data identify the need for us to continue ...

Numerous knowledge gaps exist regarding the care of female patients with cardiogenic shock, often because they have been consistently underrepresented in clinical trials, according to a new consensus ...

Against expectations, critically ill people in cardiogenic shock fared similarly receiving one widely used inotrope or another in the small DOREMI trial. Patients had the same clinical outcomes on ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ:ABMD) announces that new data from the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative Study (NCSI) on 171 consecutive AMI cardiogenic shock (AMICS) patients from 35 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The women and men in our study had similar clinical characteristics when they developed cardiogenic shock after ...

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 ...

Nursing staff interventions regarding shock team activation significantly improved the time of diagnosis and acceptance of patients with cardiogenic shock. A cardiovascular specialty hospital in north ...

Cardiogenic shock occurs when your heart suddenly fails to pump enough blood for your vital organs. It’s the leading cause of death in heart attack patients. New study results show using a special ...