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Impella®: an updated meta-analysis of available data and future outlook on applications in cardiogenic shock

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  1. Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    Bernhard Wernly

  2. Department of Cardiology, Charité—Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Alexander Lauten

  3. Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Holger Thiele

  4. Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Christian Jung

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C. Jung reports grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Actelion, grants and personal fees from Bayer Healthcare, Vifor Pharma, Zoll Medical, personal fees from Pfizer, personal fees from Bristol Meyer Squibb, personal fees and non-financial support from Abbott Vascular, personal fees from Boston Scientific, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees from Sanofi Aventis, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Novartis, grants from Medicure Inc., personal fees and non-financial support from Orion Pharma, outside the submitted work. B. Wernly, A. Lauten and H. Thiele declare that they have no competing interests.

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Wernly, B., Lauten, A., Thiele, H. et al. Impella®: an updated meta-analysis of available data and future outlook on applications in cardiogenic shock. Wien Klin Wochenschr 132, 90–93 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-019-01600-0

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