Table 2.

Potential indications for acute mechanical circulatory support device in cardiogenic shock

Acute myocardial infarction

Mechanical complications related to acute myocardial infarction  • Ventricular septal defect  • Ischemic mitral regurgitation

Acute on chronic heart failure

Acute right ventricular failure  • Right ventricular myocardial infarction  • Right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device

Acute myocarditis

Refractory cardiac arrest

Refractory arrhythmias

Post-cardiotomy shock

Severe valvular heart disease

Post-heart transplant primary graft dysfunction

Stress cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy)

Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Cardiac trauma with or without cardiac tamponade

Acute pulmonary embolism

Severe pulmonary hypertension

Drug intoxication

High-risk interventions  • Percutaneous coronary intervention  • Ventricular tachycardia ablation