AirLifted Shock Patient with Stent Thrombosis Receives Immediate Impella Support
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Dr. Mehran Khorsandi presents a complex and intense case of a 65 y/o male who presented to an outside hospital with an Acute MI one day previous. An Aortic Balloon Pump and 3 mm stent resulted in stent thrombosis and an emergency air-lift to Cedars-Sinai where immediate hemodynamic support helped save this patient.
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Dr. Mehran J. Khorsandi
M.D., CCDS, FACP, FACC, FSCAI · Interventional and endovascular cardiology
Five board certifications and more than thirty years performing complex cardiovascular and vascular interventions. On the attending staff at Cedars-Sinai since 1993, where he has performed over ten thousand cardiac procedures.
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