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Utilizing Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock
Published on: June 12, 2021
Norepinephrine, the Intensivist's Swiss Army Knife for Circulatory Shock?
Pierre Asfar1, Christoph Thiemermann, Peter Radermacher
1*Département de Réanimation Médicale et de Médecine Hyperbare, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France †Laboratoire de Biologie Neurovasculaire et Mitochondriale Intégrée, CNRS UMR 6214, INSERM U1083, Université Angers, PRES L'UNAM, France ‡Centre for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, William Harvey Research Institute, Charterhouse Square, London, United Kingdom §Institut für Anästhesiologische Pathophysiologie und Verfahrensentwicklung, Universitätsklinikum, Ulm, Germany.
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