Escalating and de-escalating temporary mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

BJ Geller, SS Sinha, NK Kapur, M Bakitas, LB Balsam… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
The use of temporary mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock has increased
dramatically despite a lack of randomized controlled trials or evidence guiding clinical …

Unloading the left ventricle in venoarterial ECMO: in whom, when, and how?

SM Ezad, M Ryan, DW Donker, F Pappalardo… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation provides cardiorespiratory support to
patients in cardiogenic shock. This comes at the cost of increased left ventricle (LV) afterload …

Mechanical left ventricular unloading in patients undergoing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

EW Grandin, JI Nunez, B Willar, K Kennedy… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) increases left
ventricular (LV) afterload, potentially provoking LV distention and impairing recovery. LV …

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest in adult patients

A Inoue, T Hifumi, T Sakamoto… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) followed by targeted temperature
management has been demonstrated to significantly improve the outcomes of out‐of …

Venting during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

E Lüsebrink, L Binzenhöfer, A Kellnar, C Müller… - Clinical Research in …, 2023 - Springer
Cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest contribute pre-dominantly to mortality in acute
cardiovascular care. Here, veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) …

Mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock supported with VA ECMO: A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the impact of etiology on 29,289 patients

AC Alba, F Foroutan, TA Buchan, J Alvarez… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2021 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is
associated with variable outcomes. In this meta-analysis, we evaluated the mortality after VA …

Optimal strategy and timing of left ventricular venting during veno-arterial extracorporeal life support for adults in cardiogenic shock: a systematic review and meta …

AA Al-Fares, VK Randhawa, M Englesakis… - Circulation: Heart …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Veno-arterial extracorporeal life support (VA-ECLS) is widely used to treat
refractory cardiogenic shock. However, increased left ventricular (LV) afterload in VA-ECLS …

Short-Term Outcomes of Impella Support in Japanese Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Due to Acute Myocardial Infarction―Japanese Registry for Percutaneous …

Y Ikeda, J Ako, K Toda, A Hirayama, K Kinugawa… - Circulation …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: The Impella® percutaneous left ventricular assist device has been available in
Japan since 2017. This is the first large-scale registry study to analyze the efficacy and …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of mechanical circulatory support devices

V Atti, MA Narayanan, B Patel, S Balla… - Heart …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Treatment strategies to combat cardiogenic shock (CS) have remained stagnant
over the past decade. Mortality rates among patients who suffer CS after acute myocardial …

[HTML][HTML] ECPella: concept, physiology and clinical applications

P Meani, R Lorusso, F Pappalardo - Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Addition of Impella on top of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has
gained wide interest as it might portend improved outcomes in patients with cardiogenic …