Cardiogenic shock (CS) can happen with advanced heart failure – when your heart can’t pump enough blood to meet your body’s needs. It’s a potentially deadly medical emergency, and you’ll need ...

One in eight patients hospitalized with COVID-19 develop some form of shock, according to the American Heart Association’s COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry. And regardless of whether the shock ...

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 ...

The use of active mechanical circulatory support is growing rapidly around the world. The hope is that these systems will improve survival after the most severe form of acute heart failure, ...

Most people who've had a heart attack-or who fear having one-focus on surviving the cardiovascular event itself. But what happens in the hours and days after can be just as critical. One serious ...

Among patients with acute myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, and multivessel coronary artery disease, the risk of a composite of death from any cause or severe renal failure leading to ...

Dr. Nathalie Roy: A 55-year-old woman was transferred to this hospital for evaluation and treatment of cardiogenic shock. Approximately 4 months before presentation, the patient was admitted to a ...

A recent study found that Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors use in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ...

Treatment with a novel monoclonal antibody against circulating dipeptidyl peptidase 3 (cDPP3) led to complete reversal of cardiogenic shock in three compassionate use cases in Germany, according to a ...

Lungs Heart A healthy patient presents with an unusual cause of cardiogenic shock following a night of alcohol drinking and marijuana use. A 32-year-old man with no medical history presented with ...