In recent years, the selection and management of cardiac support devices have become increasingly complex due to the diversity of options available, such as intra-aortic balloon pumps, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and percutaneous left ventricular assist devices. As a result, critical care cardiology is evolving, with specialists building their expertise and accumulating evidence to support shock teams and mechanical circulatory support for patients experiencing cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest.

Our goal is to develop strategies for managing patients with cardiovascular emergencies who require cardiac intensive care, particularly those in need of mechanical circulatory support. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Identifying the predictive factor for patient’s prognosis.
• Risk stratification in patients at CVICU.
• Establishing the management of mechanical circulatory support.
• Weaning strategy from mechanical circulatory support.
• Anticoagulant strategy during mechanical circulatory support.
• Enhancing the understanding of the mechanism of cardiogenic shock and post-cardiac arrest myocardial dysfunction.
• Assessing the impact of comorbidities during mechanical circulatory support.
• Evaluating the efficacy of rehabilitation in patients with critically ill at CVICU.
• Evaluating the efficacy of a Hub & Spoke system.
• Developing the criteria of a central Hub hospital.
• Developing the criteria of patients transfer and optimal methodology of interhospital transfer.
• Efficacy of the shock team

We invite studies focusing on biomarkers for predicting patient outcomes, scoring systems, and weaning strategies from mechanical circulatory support. However, this Research Topic is open to all articles covering every aspect of critical care cardiology.

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