VA-ECMO AS A BRIDGE TO GUIDELINE-DIRECTED MEDICAL THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PRESENTING WITH CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO PALLIATIVE CARE WHEN ADVANCE THERAPIES ARE NOT POSSIBLE

Leonardo Salazar,Celia Aguilar,Antonio Figueredo,María Rodríguez González,Camilo Pizarro,Luis Echeverria Correa,Carlos L. Alviar

VA-ECMO AS A BRIDGE TO GUIDELINE-DIRECTED MEDICAL THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PRESENTING WITH CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO PALLIATIVE CARE WHEN ADVANCE THERAPIES ARE NOT POSSIBLE

2019

Leonardo Salazar
Celia Aguilar
Antonio Figueredo
María Rodríguez González
Camilo Pizarro
Luis Echeverria Correa
Carlos L. Alviar

Patients with chronic heart failure with reduce ejection fraction (HFrEF) presenting with cardiogenic shock (CS) often need venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) as a bridge to Left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) or transplant. However, if such therapies are no available, the

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Guideline
Intensive care medicine
Heart failure
Cardiogenic shock
Cardiology
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
Internal medicine
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
palliative care
medical therapy
Ejection fraction

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