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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care2020

Impact of microaxillar mechanical left ventricular support on renal resistive index in patients with cardiogenic shock after myocardial infarction: a pilot trial to predict renal organ dysfunction in cardiogenic shock.

Birgit Markus, Nikolaos Patsalis, Georgios Chatzis, Ulrich Luesebrink, Holger Ahrens, Bernhard Schieffer, Konstantinos Karatolios

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Article in European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Birgit MarkusDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
Nikolaos PatsalisDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
Georgios ChatzisDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
Ulrich LuesebrinkDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
Holger AhrensDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
Bernhard SchiefferDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
Konstantinos KaratoliosDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
Philipps University of Marburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the effects of left ventricular support with the microaxial left ventricular pump using the Impella device on the renal resistive index assessed by Doppler ultrasonography in haemodynamically stable patients with cardiogenic shock following myocardial infarction.

methodsA non-randomised interventional single-centre study. Consecutive patients with cardiogenic shock supported with an Impella were included during May 2018 and October 2018. The renal resistive index determined as a quotient of (peak systolic velocity - end diastolic velocity)/ peak systolic velocity was obtained using Doppler ultrasound; invasive blood pressure was determined in radial artery simultaneously for safety reasons.

resultsA total of 15 patients were measured. The renal resistive index was determined in both kidneys in 13 patients and for one kidney in two patients, respectively. The mean difference between right and left renal resistive index was 0.026 ± 0.023 (

conclusionsMicroaxillar mechanical support by the Impella device in haemodynamically stable patients with cardiogenic shock led to a significant reduction of the renal resistive index without affecting systolic or diastolic blood pressure. This observation is consistent with the notion that Impella support may promote renal organ protection by enhancing renal perfusion.

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