THE rationale for the use of vasopressor agents in the treatment of shock is controversial. The principal objection to their use is that during shock, sympathetic and adrenergic activity is increased ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tissue perfusion pressure may be a new target for BP optimization in circulatory shock. TPP was significantly ...

Cardiogenic shock is characterized by depression of cardiac function that leads to low blood pressure, coronary ischemia, and further decreased cardiac contractility resulting in tissue hypoxemia. The ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PercAssist, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative technology for extravascular / extracardiac Mechanical Circulatory Support to provide hemodynamic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A protocol involving early use of invasive hemodynamics and mechanical circulatory support conferred a survival ...

A new study presented today at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference 2023 sought to evaluate the presence of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in access to ...

This Review explores contemporary circulatory support in profound postinfarction cardiogenic shock. Frequently, death is the only alternative to implantation of a blood pump, so prospective randomized ...

Cardiogenic shock, however rare, can occur after a heart attack, exacerbating the effect of inadequate circulation on tissues after a loss of access to oxygen. Cardiogenic shock increases risk of ...

Physiologic shock is when you don’t have enough blood to support your organs and tissues. Psychologic shock is usually related to trauma. What is shock? The term “shock” may refer to a psychologic or ...