Jacob Eifer News Today

Interventionalists say it’s now time to make a dent in the complication rate, whether by strict protocols or smaller devices.

This latest propensity-adjusted analysis also linked Impella to less MI and cardiogenic shock. RCT results still lie years ahead.

Outcomes in comatose patients who had survived an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were similar with a "restrictive" vs a liberal oxygenation strategy, or with a higher vs lower blood pressure target.

“More is not better” when it comes to these strategies, says Jacob Eifer Møller, who called the results “very conclusive.”

BOX trial finds targets aiming to boost perfusion held no advantage