No Pulse, No Panic! Navigating Cardiac Arrest in LVAD-Supported Patients.

Marjan Rahmanian, Joshua Kimbrell, Ari Moskowitz

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Review in Critical care clinics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Marjan RahmanianDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.

Joshua KimbrellDepartment of Pre-Hospital Care, MediSys Health Network, Queens, NY, USA.

Ari MoskowitzDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA. Electronic address: amoskowitz@montefiore.org.

Funding

Hospital Airway Resuscitation TrialR33HL162980 · NHLBI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Ari Moskowitz · 2023 to 2026

$3.3M

NHLBI NIH HHS R33 HL162980

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing use of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) for advanced heart failure presents new challenges in emergency care, especially during cardiac arrest. LVAD-supported patients often lack palpable pulses and may have unreliable blood pressure readings, complicating diagnosis. Management strategies vary, with debates over whether to delay chest compressions to troubleshoot the device or initiate immediate resuscitation. Recognizing cardiac arrest involves alternative assessments like end-tidal co

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Cardiopulmonary ResuscitationEmergency Medical ServicesHeart ArrestHeart-Assist DevicesHeart FailureHumansCardiac arrestDelaysIn-hospital cardiac arrestLeft ventricular assist devicesMechanical circulatory support devicesOut-of-hospital cardiac arrestResuscitation

Identifiers

PMID41260712

DOI10.1016/j.ccc.2025.08.011

PMCPMC13453315

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