Microaxial Flow Pump Use in Women With STEMI-CS: What's Age Got to Do With It?

Ann Gage; Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula; Allison Dupont; P Elliott Miller

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.09.1597

Microaxial Flow Pump Use in Women With STEMI-CS: What's Age Got to Do With It?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2026 Feb 17;87(6):720-722. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.09.1597. Epub 2025 Nov 26.

Authors

Ann Gage¹, Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula², Allison Dupont³, P Elliott Miller⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, HCA Tristar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Electronic address: ann.gage@hcahealthcare.com.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
³ Northside Hospital Heart Institute, Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

PMID: 41295930
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.09.1597

No abstract available

Keywords: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); cardiogenic shock; heart-assist devices (specifically the Impella CP microaxial pump); mechanical circulatory support (MCS); myocardial infarction; percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); sex differences.

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