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Experts throughout Europe have contributed to this European Heart Journal supplement with articles discussing best practices for successfully managing mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in patients with cardiogenic shock.

Mir B Basir, DO, discusses the impact of the DanGer Shock RCT in clinical practice, and looks into the future of AMI cardiogenic shock treatment and management.

This paper discusses the latest guidance for identifying patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) who are candidates for mechanical circulatory support (MCS).

Jaime Hernandez, MD, and Bobbi Bogaev Chapman, MD, discuss the clinical presentation and in-hospital trajectory of heart failure and cardiogenic shock from Dr. Hernandez's most recent publication with the Shock Working Group.

Dr. Andreas Götzenich interviews Dr. Benedikt Schrage from Hamburg on the topic "Early left ventricular unloading improves survival in patients with cardiogenic shock undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)".

In this paper, Sascha Ott and colleagues describe a standard operating procedure (SOP) they developed for determining the temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) strategy for patients in cardiogenic shock (CS).

Birgit Markus, MD, discusses data on the impact of Impella® heart pump support on hemodynamics and renal function in patients with cardiogenic shock.

Viktoriya Kagan, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, and Eddy Gutierrez, MD, discuss how to care for patients with cardiogenic shock and manage Impella® in the ICU.

Prof. Dr. Evgenij V. Potapov discusses combining extracorporeal life support (ECLS) with pMCS for treating advanced cardiogenic shock.

Alaide Chieffo, MD, discusses results from a subanalysis of women in the IMP-IT Registry in Italy.

Jacob Abraham, MD, Raymond Lee, MD, and Bindu Akkanti, MD, discuss ECpella therapy in this CAMP webinar moderated by Misty Casseus, MSN, RN.

Rohan Goswami, MD, discusses renal recovery in patients with heart failure cardiogenic shock (HFCS) supported with Impella 5.5® with SmartAssist®.

Navin Kapur, MD, provides an update from the Cardiogenic Shock Working Group and discusses the SCAI shock stages in this presentation from TCT 2022.

Katherine Kunkel, MD, discusses data-driven decision making and best practices in cardiogenic shock at TCT 2022. 

Junya Ako, MD, presents outcomes in AMI cardiogenic shock from Japan's J-PVAD study at TCT 2022.