It’s how much blood your heart pumps in 1 minute. Your doctor uses the measurement to see if you might have heart problems or to check how well a treatment works. Your blood carries oxygen and ...

At the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center patients having sudden episodes of hypotension when the clinical diagnosis is acute pulmonary embolism are being studied at the bedside by emergency ...

Cardiogenic shock is the leading cause of death among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (MI). Understanding the mechanisms for acute pump failure is therefore important. The aim ...

Levosimendan is an inotropic agent that has been shown in small studies to prevent or treat the low cardiac output syndrome after cardiac surgery. In a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, ...