Cardiac shock, or cardiogenic shock, is even more dangerous than it sounds. Most often caused by a heart attack, cardiac shock is a life-threatening emergency requiring prompt recognition and ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ:ABMD) announces that new data from the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative Study (NCSI) on 171 consecutive AMI cardiogenic shock (AMICS) patients from 35 ...

A new cardiogenic shock classification scheme proposed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) earlier this year is useful for predicting short-term mortality risk ...

Cardiogenic shock occurs when your heart suddenly fails to pump enough blood for your vital organs. It’s the leading cause of death in heart attack patients. New study results show using a special ...

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The results of a large, national heart attack study show that patients with a deadly complication known as cardiogenic shock survived at a significantly higher rate when treated with a protocol ...

Ashley Yeager always loved to swim, but had to adjust after being diagnosed with a serious heart rhythm condition. (Courtesy of Allison Martin-Attix) This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and ...

For patients with certain cardiovascular conditions and risk factors, sudden cardiac arrest is more than a theoretical concern. But over the past 25 years, the development of various types of ...

It is well known that acting quickly in the event of a cardiac arrest is important, but what does a quick initial shock with a defibrillator mean exactly for patients' chances of survival? Researchers ...

WASHINGTON -- If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off? Carol Filak had heard about painful, repeated ...