Implantation of a left ventricular assist device and the hub-and-spoke system in treating acute cardiogenic shock: who survives?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Nov;126(5):1634-5. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5223(03)00727-x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
  • Probability
  • Referral and Consultation / organization & administration*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sex Distribution
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / etiology
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / mortality*
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / surgery*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology