Maurizio Bertaina, Alessandro Galluzzo, Nuccia Morici, Alice Sacco, Fabrizio Oliva, Serafina Valente, Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Simone Frea, Pierluigi Sbarra, Elisabetta Petitti, Silvia Brach Prever, Giacomo Boccuzzi, Paola Zanini, Matteo Attisani, Francesco Rametta, Gaetano Maria De Ferrari, Patrizia Noussan, Mario Iannaccone
Cardiogenic shock represents one of the most dramatic scenarios to deal with in intensive cardiology care and is burdened by substantial short-term mortality. An integrated approach, including timely diagnosis and phenotyping, along with a well-established shock team and management protocol, may improve survival. The use of the Swan-Ganz catheter could play a pivotal role in various phases of cardiogenic shock management, encompassing diagnosis and haemodynamic characterisation to treatment selection, titration and weaning...
January 2022: Cardiac Failure Review