HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Author home page(s): George L. Hicks Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Hicks, G. L. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Hicks, G. L. Related Collections Mechanical Circulatory Assistance Related Article

---

Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642

(Email: george_hicks@urmc.rochester.edu).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

The article by Dr Sakamoto and associates [1] studies retrospectively the outcome of 98 ACS [acute cardiogenic shock] patients who required ECLS [extracorporeal life support] for hemodynamic collapse unresponsive to conventional treatments. The study spans a 10-year period (2000 to 2010) and includes a wide spectrum of patients from cardiogenic shock being treated resistant VF or pulseless VT [ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia] and asystole. Of note, the majority (95.9%) of patients received emergency revascularization; 92 by PCI [percutaneous coronary intervention] and 2 undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting CABG [coronary artery bypass grafting. Successful angioplasty was defined by achieving . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Related Article

Extracorporeal Life Support for Cardiogenic Shock or Cardiac Arrest Due to Acute Coronary Syndrome

Shingo Sakamoto, Norimasa Taniguchi, Shunsuke Nakajima, and Akihiko Takahashi
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2012 94: 1-7. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]