Episode 85: Assessing SCAI Shock Classification in Post-Cardiotomy Patients

Jun 3, 2026

On JHLT: The Podcast, we kick off June with a paper entitled “Serial assessment of modified Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions SHOCK classification in post-cardiotomy patients,” which is available online now and in the June issue of JHLT.

Today’s guests are first author Ufuk Baldan, MD and senior author Patrick Klein, MD, PhD, both of the Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands.

We discuss:

• The heterogeneous nature of post-cardiotomy shock and challenges to treat
• Should serial assessments become standardized post-cardiac surgery?
• Does SCAI staging overestimate risk—and how do we interpret the stages we observe immediately post-op?
• What's next for this line of research?

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