02-05-2024 | Cardiogenic Shock | What's New in Intensive Care
Cardiogenic shock in 2024: insight the complex reality of ECLS and left ventricular unloading strategies
Authors:
Aurore Ughetto, Benedikt Schrage, Clément Delmas
Published in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Excerpt
Despite immediate coronary revascularization, mortality of patients experiencing infarct-related cardiogenic shock (AMICS) remains high [
1]. Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in the use of short-term mechanical circulatory support (STMCS), particularly extracorporeal life support (ECLS), in AMICS [
2]. Presently, both the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Heart Failure Society of America and the European Society of Cardiology recommend the consideration of STMCS in cardiogenic shock (CS), serving as a bridge-to-recovery/-to-decision/-to-bridge, with a class II-C and IIa-C, respectively [
3,
4]. …