Use of Impella Devices for Acute Cardiogenic Shock in the Perioperative Period of Cardiac Surgery

ABSTRACT Introduction: The Impella ventricular support system is a device that can be inserted percutaneously or directly across the aortic valve to unload the left ventricle. The purpose of this study is to determine the role of Impella devices in patients with acute cardiogenic shock in the perio...

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Main Authors: Serge Sicouri, Vishal N. Shah, Meghan Buckley, Nicholas Imperato, Jacqueline McGee, Elena Casanova, Eric Gnall, Konstadinos A. Plestis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2022-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382023000100071&tlng=en