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J Am Coll Cardiol
September 2025
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
J Am Coll Cardiol
September 2025
Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS_1166-ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France.
Background: The hemodynamic effects of femoro-femoral venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) remain poorly defined. High ECMO flow is believed to increase PCWP and the risk of pulmonary edema; yet, supporting in vivo physiological data are lacking.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of incremental femoro-femoral VA-ECMO flow variations on PCWP, hemodynamic, and echocardiographic parameters in patients with cardiogenic shock during the early phase of VA-ECMO support, after stabilization.
Rev Cardiovasc Med
August 2025
Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Harlequin syndrome, also known as differential hypoxia (DH) or North-South syndrome, is a serious complication of femoro-femoral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO). Moreover, Harlequin syndrome is caused by competing flows between the retrograde oxygenated ECMO output and the anterograde ejection of poorly oxygenated blood from the native heart. In the setting of impaired pulmonary gas exchange, the addition of an Impella device (ECPELLA configuration), although beneficial for ventricular unloading and hemodynamic support, may further exacerbate this competition and precipitate DH.
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September 2025
Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Introduction And Importance: Albeit rare, spontaneous recanalization after common carotid artery (CCA) occlusion is an important medical phenomenon, as it can lead to increased blood flow to the brain tissue, thereby improving cerebral perfusion. However, it also increases the risk of reperfusion injury and distal cerebral embolism.
Case Presentation: The patient was a 54-year-old man who presented with sudden right-sided limb weakness and speech impairment.
ASAIO J
September 2025
From the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS "San Raffaele Hospital," Milan, Italy.
Pathophysiologic assumptions and clinical data frame a promising role for intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) in heart failure-related cardiogenic shock (HF-CS). Currently, two randomized clinical trials (RCT) exploring this hypothesis have been published, yielding inconclusive results. We thus designed this meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of IABP in HF-CS.
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