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The 2023 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for Mechanical Circulatory Support: A 10-Year Update

June 1, 2023 | Wei-Guo Ma

The first official guidelines for implantable mechanical circulatory support (MCS) were published in 2013 by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). Ten years later, because of substantial advancements in the MCS field,...

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The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support

February 12, 2023 | Wei-Guo Ma

This guideline on acute mechanical circulatory support covers medical and surgical treatment of cardiogenic and pulmonary shock, management of patients supported with temporary mechanical circulatory support devices, complications, special populations,...

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Timing of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting After Acute Myocardial Infarction May Not Influence Mortality and Readmissions

June 15, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Fascinating confirmation of null hypotheses including bleeding complications and survival in a Pennsylvanian cohort study, despite the easily predictable previous PCI, hock, and IABP prevalence in the emergency group. The...

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American Association for Thoracic Surgery/International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines on Selected Topics in Mechanical Circulatory Support

January 30, 2020 | Wei-Guo Ma

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation provide a consensus guidelines document on ten important aspects in mechanical circulatory support. These include: 1....

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Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Treatment of Unprotected Left Main Stenosis (NOBLE): A Prospective, Randomised, Open-Label, Non-Inferiority Trial

January 10, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

‘CABG was significantly better than PCI (p=0·0066……..”

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Prophylactic Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation in High Risk Cardiac Surgery: The PINBALL Pilot Multicentre, Registry-Linked, Randomised, Controlled Feasibility Trial

June 13, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An intresting pilot that was stopped due to underrecruitment. Commendable mortality in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting.

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PCI Strategies in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock

December 21, 2017 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Interesting to read the mortality and renal morbidity of PCI after serious MI. The choice of dual primary outcome may have been an afterhought….

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Datascope Corp/MAQUET Issues Worldwide Voluntary Recall of IABPs for Potential Electrical Test Failure

June 24, 2017 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

Please make sure that you are aware of this recall for testing of System CS100, CS100i and CS300 Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps for electrical testing. Overall Action for UserPatients receiving IABP...

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Effects of Additional Intra-aortic Balloon Counter-Pulsation Therapy to Cardiogenic Shock Patients Supported by Extra-corporeal Membranous Oxygenation.

April 8, 2016 | Joseph Basha

ECMO is widely used for cardiogenic shock treatment. Since peripheral V-A ECMO will increase LV afterload and IABP therapy can counterbalance it, will IABP combined with ECMO improve the outcomes?...

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Impact of Norepinephrine on Regional Cerebral Oxygenation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

March 27, 2016 | Joseph Basha

Norepinephrine is often used to maintain the mean pressure during open heart surgery but it is said that it could constrict cerebral arteries, reducing cerebral blood flow. Is it true?...

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Mechanical circulatory support in the new era: an overview

March 18, 2016 | Rakesh Arora

As the Authors have stated: “maximal medical therapy can no longer be seen as a justifiable end‐point for refractory circulatory shock, at least in well‐resourced health settings.” To frame their...

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Prediction of acute kidney injury within 30 days of cardiac surgery

June 16, 2014 | Benjamin Bidstrup

Using data from the Australian Cardiac Surgical Database, the authors provide further information regarding acute kidney damage after cardiac surgery. This study has added to the evidence that preoperative impairment,...

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