Managing Patients With Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support: JACC Review Topic of the Week

T Balthazar, C Vandenbriele, FH Verbrugge… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
The use of mechanical circulatory support for patients presenting with cardiogenic shock is
rapidly increasing. Currently, there is only limited and conflicting evidence available …

Optimizing anticoagulation for patients receiving Impella support

CJ Beavers, RJ DiDomenico, SP Dunn… - … : The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anticoagulation of patients treated with the Impella percutaneous mechanical circulatory
support (MCS) devices is complex and lacks consistency across centers, potentially …

Hemolysis during short-term mechanical circulatory support: from pathophysiology to diagnosis and treatment

T Balthazar, J Bennett… - Expert review of medical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Despite advances in heart failure therapies and percutaneous coronary
interventions, survival for cardiogenic shock remains poor. Percutaneous ventricular assist …

Antithrombotic and anticoagulation therapies in cardiogenic shock: a critical review of the published literature

RI Radu, T Ben Gal, M Abdelhamid, EL Antohi… - ESC Heart …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a complex multifactorial clinical syndrome, developing as a
continuum, and progressing from the initial insult (underlying cause) to the subsequent …

What is known in pre-, peri-, and post-procedural anticoagulation in micro-axial flow pump protected percutaneous coronary intervention?

J Leick, O Grottke, M Oezkur, N Mangner… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Interest in the use of percutaneous left ventricular assist devices (p-LVADs) for patients
undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is growing rapidly. The …