BACKGROUND Optimizing patients with advanced heart failure before orthotopic heart transplantation(OHT), especially in patients greater than 50 years old, is imperative to achieving successful post-transplant outcomes...
The adverse outcomes of a ventricular heart failure(left,right or biventricular)caused by cardiogenic shock are aggravated by lung oedema and organ mal perfusion.Despite advances in medical sciences,revascularisation ...
BACKGROUND Critical care is rapidly evolving with significant innovations to decrease hospital stays and costs.To our knowledge,there is limited data on factors that affect the length of stay and hospital charges in c...
BACKGROUND The Impella pump has emerged as a promising tool in patients with cardiogenic shock(CS).Despite its attractive properties,there are scarce data on the specific clinical setting and the potential role of Imp...