2015 SCAI/ACC/HFSA/STS Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiovascular Care

Patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention, presenting with cardiogenic shock, or acute decompensated heart failure, as well as pediatric populations requiring mechanical circulatory support.

Percutaneous mechanical circulatory support devices including intra-aortic balloon pump, axial flow pumps, left atrial to femoral artery bypass pumps, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation devices.