Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock – A Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · Institutul de Urgenţă pentru Boli Cardiovasculare "Prof.Dr. C.C. Iliescu" · +60 more institutions
Abstract
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a complex multifactorial clinical syndrome with extremely high mortality, developing as a continuum, and progressing from the initial insult (underlying cause) to the subsequent occurrence of organ failure and death. There is a large spectrum of CS presentations resulting from the interaction between an acute cardiac insult and a patient's underlying cardiac and overall medical condition. Phenotyping patients with CS may have clinical impact on management because classification would support initiation of appropriate therapies. CS management should consider appropriate organization of the health care services, and therapies must be given to the appropriately selected patients, in a…
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Authors
37- OCOvidiu ChioncelCorresponding
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Institutul de Urgenţă pentru Boli Cardiovasculare "Prof.Dr. C.C. Iliescu"
- JPJohn Parissis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University General Hospital Attikon
- AMAlexandre Mebazaa
Délégation Paris 7, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Ouest
- HTHölger Thiele
Leipzig Heart Institute
- SDSteffen Desch
Leipzig Heart Institute
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Cardiogenic shock
- Intensive care medicine
- Heart failure
- Clinical trial
- Psychological intervention
- Epidemiology
- Harm