Mark Anderson, MD presents his surgical perspectives on increasing survival in cardiogenic shock through escalation strategies that increase unloading.
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Navin K. Kapur, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA, discusses how acute cardiac unloading limits infarct scar formation in the context of the DTU-STEMI Pilot trial and Pivotal trial.
Rajiv Tayal, MD, discusses axillary access techniques for large bore procedures as well as other alternative access skills for advanced interventional operators.
The STEMI DTU pivotal trial is a prospective, multicenter, two-arm randomized controlled trial that plans to enroll 668 patients undergoing treatment for a STEMI heart attack.
Alexander Truesdell, MD, and Behnam Tehrani, MD, discuss improved outcomes after implementing a cardiogenic shock protocol at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute.
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