Mechanical Circulatory Support in critically ill cardiogenic shock patients: a complex process of Thrombosis and Hemostasis. KU Leuven
The success of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) has greatly
increased due to improved oxygenators, better design of the heart
pumps and certainly due to better medical management.
Nevertheless mortality of patients undergoing MCS remains high
(50%) and complications are frequent. Paradoxically, the most
common complications are both (life-threatening) bleeding (40-50%)
ánd thrombosis as recently confirmed in ...