Experience with the Levitronix CentriMag circulatory support system as a bridge to decision in patients with refractory acute cardiogenic shock and multisystem organ failure Ranjit John, MD, Kenneth Liao, MD, Katherine Lietz, MD, PhD, Forum Kamdar, BS, Monica Colvin-Adams, MD, Andrew Boyle, MD, Leslie Miller, MD, Lyle Joyce, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 134, Issue 2, Pages 351-358 (August 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.085 Copyright © 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Algorithm depicting the management of patients transferred from outside institutions with refractory acute cardiogenic shock with MSOF. IABP, Intraaortic balloon pump; CT, computed tomography; EEG, electroencephalogram. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2007 134, 351-358DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.085) Copyright © 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan–Meier survival after CentriMag (Levitronix LLC, Waltham, Mass) support. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2007 134, 351-358DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.085) Copyright © 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions