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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lim HS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6490770 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical cardiology 20160810 8
Cardiogenic shock remains a highly lethal condition. Conventional therapy including revascularization and mechanical circulatory support aims to improve cardiac output and oxygen delivery, but increasing basic and clinical observations indicate wider circulatory and cellular abnormalities, particularly at the advanced stages of shock. Progressive cardiogenic shock is associated with microcirculatory and cellular abnormalities. Cardiogenic shock is initially characterized by a failure to maintain ...[more]