Selected Talk: Left Ventricular Unloading Acutely Reduces Right Ventricular Preload in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock

Selected Talk: Left Ventricular Unloading Acutely Reduces Right Ventricular Preload in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and cardiogenic shock (CS) are signs of deterioration in patients experiencing heart failure (HF). The proportion of patients with CS who also have ADHF is increasing, and mortality rates have remained high over the past few decades at 30 –50%.1 Unfortunately, right ventricular (RV...
Source: Radcliffe Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research