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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
Cardiogenic shock following myocardial infarction or surgical interventions with extracorporeal circulation, not responding to conventional treatment, is an "intractable" condition, unless mechanical assistance is applied. In today's practice mechanical assistance consists in counterpulsating an intraaortic balloon or, if this does not improve the condition, in using a left ventricle bypassing pump. In spite of the complexity of the procedures and the complications, a number of patients can recover with or without a subsequent corrective intervention or heart transplantation. The need for developing systems for chronic assistance to non-correctable hearts and the difficulties of the endeavour are pointed out.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0885-3282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
544-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanical assistance in cardiogenic shock.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article