Impella in cardiogenic shock following acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Objective: Cardiogenic shock (CS) conveys a high mortality risk. A cardiac assist device may serve as bridge to patient recovery. We aimed to provide a pooled estimate on mortality and complications from studies evaluating the use of the left ventricular assist device Impella in CS following acute myocardial infarction.

Orthostatic function after renal sympathetic denervation in patients with resistant hypertension.

Introduction: Catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) reduces local and whole-body sympathetic activity and blood pressure (BP) in patients with resistant hypertension. However, safety concerns exist concerning the development of orthostatic dysfunction after RDN.

Methods And Results: In 36 patients (65 ± 7.