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Transport of the Patient with Cardiogenic Shock

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Cardiogenic Shock

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Hospital facilities vary widely, with some providing 24-h full tertiary cardiac services, others having cardiac catheterization laboratories but lacking interventional cardiology or cardiac surgery services, and still others having no tertiary cardiac services. Although all hospitals can offer aspirin, (β-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and fibrinolytic therapy to patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), fewer hospitals have intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation capability, and only tertiary-care hospitals offer coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. This raises the question of whether all high-risk acute MI patients should be initially transported to hospitals with full tertiary cardiac services (1).

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  1. Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    David Hasdai MD  & Alexander Battler MD  & 

  2. Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel

    Alexander Battler MD

  3. Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Peter B. Berger MD  & David R. Holmes Jr. MD  & 

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Bates, E.R., Lim, M.J., Lowell, M.J. (2002). Transport of the Patient with Cardiogenic Shock. In: Hasdai, D., Berger, P.B., Battler, A., Holmes, D.R. (eds) Cardiogenic Shock. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-154-1_18

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