Authors: Christopher Smith, Vivek Menon, Dantwan Smith
Published: 2020-11-09
DOI: 10.1161/circ.142.suppl_4.116
Source: Full article
Ventricular fibrillation is a fatal arrhythmia due to its detrimental impact on cardiac output. Managing patients in V-Fib arrest is often challenging, but newer mechanical support devices such as Impella CP 5.0 (Abiomed, Danvers, MD) are proving to be an excellent adjunct to inotrope and vasopressor therapy.