When the heart suddenly fails to pump enough blood to keep the body alive, a condition known as cardiogenic shock, modern intensive care can deploy remarkable machines that take over part of the heart’s work. Yet even with these devices, roughly one in four patients does not survive the first month. A new study from the University Hospital of Marburg in Germany suggests that the key to identifying those patients may lie not in the pumps themselv…
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