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 ...

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 ...

Acute heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome of symptoms and signs that happen when the efficiency of the heart as a pump is impaired. It can lead to reduced blood flow to the body and increased ...

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 ...

“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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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a method of providing heart and lung support to patients, usually following a heart attack, when the heart is no longer capable of pumping blood around ...

NORFOLK, Va. - "It is devastating. You look into patients' eyes when they are dying, and all they want is to turn back time and get that shot, and it's too late," said Dr. Jessica Buchner, MD Critical ...