Personalizing care in cardiogenic shock: Searching for a common hemodynamic language

Fotis N Katsikeris; Evan Lau; Daniel T Engelman; Jaime A Hernandez-Montfort

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2018.07.014

Personalizing care in cardiogenic shock: Searching for a common hemodynamic language

Heart Lung. 2019 Jan;48(1):73-75. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2018.07.014. Epub 2018 Aug 24.

Authors

Fotis N Katsikeris¹, Evan Lau², Daniel T Engelman², Jaime A Hernandez-Montfort³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine. UMMS-Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine. Division of Heart and Vascular Medicine. UMMS-Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine. Division of Heart and Vascular Medicine. UMMS-Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA. Electronic address: Jaime.HernandezMontfortMD@baystatehealth.org.

PMID: 30146430
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2018.07.014

Abstract

The increased availability and utilization of acute mechanical circulatory support use in cardiogenic shock has led to an increased need for multidisciplinary communication with specialized shock centers. The wide variability of hemodynamic data and local expertise raises a unique communication problem in capturing and documenting necessary information to guide decision making.

Keywords: Acute mechanical circulatory support; Communication; Hemodynamics; Shock.

Publication types

Letter