A new study is the first to establish a nationwide treatment protocol that can save lives of patients with cardiogenic shock (CS), a deadly heart attack complication. Findings show 72 percent of patients with CS survived their heart attack when treated with the shock protocol. The study was conducted by The National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative Investigators and is the second iteration of a pilot study conducted in southeast Michigan. It was presented today at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2019 Scientific Sessions.
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