Intravascular Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Device vs Intra-aortic Balloon Pump for Cardiogenic Shock

To the Editor The observational study by Dr Dhruva and colleagues suggested that clinical outcomes were worse for patients with an acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock who received an intravascular microaxial LVAD vs an IABP. However, there are statistical problems in this study, and the researchers missed an opportunity to provide a more nuanced test of intravascular microaxial LVAD vs IABP.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research