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Acute torrential mitral regurgitation during transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2018
Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive approach to aortic valve replacement. However, critical cardiovascular collapse can occur during the procedure for various reasons.
Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Hiromichi Sonoda, Tomoki Ushijima, Akira Shiose   +3 more
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Successful Urgent TAVI for Critical Aortic Valve Stenosis after ECMO Implantation

Medicina, 2022
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has evolved to be the treatment of choice for patients with severe aortic stenosis and high perioperative risk. Cardiogenic shock is one of the most severe complications during the TAVI procedure, especially
Ya-Lei Niu, Nicola Patrick Mayr, Yin-Hwa Chen, Hsiao-Hwang Chang, Shi-Pu Wang, Hung-Yu Lin, Ching-Chou Pai   +6 more
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Anesthetic management in an adult moyamoya disease patient undergoing mitral valve plasty for severe mitral regurgitation

JA Clinical Reports, 2016
Background Despite several previous reports, there are no established procedures for intraoperative management in moyamoya disease patients requiring cardiac surgery.
Kazutomo Saito, Hiroaki Toyama, Yutaka Ejima, Masanori Yamauchi   +3 more
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Clinical characteristics and management of iodine contrast media-related anaphylactic shock during cardiac catheterization

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2020
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and impact of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) implantation on the prognosis of patients with anaphylactic shock (AS) during cardiac catheterization. Methods: We analyzed the medical
Zhiwei Huang, Hongliang Zhang, Yong Wang, Weixian Yang, Shubin Qiao, Fenghuan Hu   +5 more
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Cardiac cycle-synchronized electrical muscle stimulator for lower limb training with the potential to reduce the heart's pumping workload. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
The lower limb muscle may play an important role in decreasing the heart's pumping workload. Aging and inactivity cause atrophy and weakness of the muscle, leading to a loss of the heart-assisting role.
Ken-Ichiro Sasaki, Hiroo Matsuse, Ryuji Akimoto, Shiro Kamiya, Toshio Moritani, Motoki Sasaki, Yuta Ishizaki, Masanori Ohtsuka, Takaharu Nakayoshi, Takafumi Ueno, Naoto Shiba, Yoshihiro Fukumoto   +11 more
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Sotalol: A rescue drug in the face of life-threatening refractory ventricular tachycardia

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2014
We describe postoperative refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) in a patient following aortic and mitral valve replacement. Following an uneventful separation from cardiopulmonary bypass with dobutamine, the patient developed recurrent VT, 4 hours into
Ashok Kandasamy, Sukumar Arumugham, Harshavardhan Krupanandha, Bhaktavatsala Reddy   +3 more
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Prehospital and in-hospital use of healthcare resources in patients surviving acute coronary syndromes: an analysis of the EPICOR registry. [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this report is to provide insight into real-world healthcare resource use (HCRU) during the critical management of patients surviving acute coronary syndromes (ACS), using data from EPICOR (long-tErm follow-up of antithrombotic ...
Annemans, Lieven, Bueno, Héctor, Danchin, Nicolas, Licour, Muriel, Medina, Jesús, Pocock, Stuart, Van de Werf, Frans   +6 more
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Levosimendan for patients with severely reduced left ventricular systolic function and/or low cardiac output syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery. a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Previous studies have shown beneficial effects of levosimendan in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Two large randomized controlled trials (RCTs), however, showed no advantages of levosimendan.
Arcadipane, Antonio, Knight, Joshua B., Lorini, Ferdinando L., Morelli, Andrea, Pastore, Federico, Sanfilippo, Filippo, Santonocito, Cristina, Scolletta, Sabino, Tritapepe, Luigi   +8 more
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An unusual case of fulminant myocarditis closely mimicking ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and presenting as refractory cardiogenic shock complicated by multiple life-threatening arrhythmias

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2015
We report a case of severe fulminant myocarditis that closely mimicked acute inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and presented with refractory cardiogenic shock, multiple life-threatening arrhythmias and rapidly progressive liver ...
Zhi-quan Wang, Yi-Gang Li
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Changing Trends in Mechanical Circulatory Support Use and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Acute Coronary Syndrome Complicated With Cardiogenic Shock: Insights From a Nationwide Registry in Japan

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Temporal trends in the management of acute coronary syndrome complicated with cardiogenic shock after the revision of guideline recommendations for intra‐aortic balloon pump (IABP) use and the approval of the Impella require further ...
Yuji Nishimoto, Taku Inohara, Shun Kohsaka, Kenichi Sakakura, Tsutomu Kawai, Atsushi Kikuchi, Tetsuya Watanabe, Takahisa Yamada, Masatake Fukunami, Kyohei Yamaji, Hideki Ishii, Tetsuya Amano, Ken Kozuma   +12 more
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