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• Acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock is a costly condition associated with poor clinical outcomes. • This analysis used Medicare cost data for selected patients with acute myocardial infarction… Click to show full abstract
• Acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock is a costly condition associated with poor clinical outcomes. • This analysis used Medicare cost data for selected patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock treated with the percutaneous left ventricular assist device (pVAD) or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and found that the pVAD was associated with lower costs and better outcomes. • Patients treated with ECMO tend to have more severe shock than those treated with pVAD, and unmeasured confounders make any comparison challenging to interpret.
Journal Title: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Year Published: 2021
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