Intervention day 3: Managing cardiogenic shock

Alistair has a clinical and research interest in Cardiogenic Shock including the host response to cardiogenic shock. He leads the UK Working Group on Cardiogenic Shock which aims to produce a framework document outlining optimal care in cardiogenic shock in the UK to inform service development. Alistair also leads the Networks Group of the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium Cardiogenic Shock Collaborative. He works part-time at Berlin Heart / Charite University as a clinical scientist in cardiac critical care.

Dr Jones is an Academic Interventional Cardiologist based within the Barts CVCTU (Queen Mary University of London) and at Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital. His research interests lie in the treatment and prevention of ischaemia/reperfusion injury, contrast nephropathy and improving outcomes after coronary angiography/angioplasty. He is working with the NIHR to assess whether CT scanning is beneficial in patient with previous bypass surgery undergoing angiography. Dr Jones is actively involved in teaching both at undergraduate and postgraduate level and he is the joint-lead for In-patient Cardiology Services and the Cardiology Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Physician Associate programme at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Dr. Alexander G. Truesdell is an Interventional Cardiologist with Virginia Heart and the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute in Northern Virginia, USA where he serves as co-director of the multidisciplinary Cardiogenic Shock service. He completed residency training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC and fellowship training at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. His clinical and research interests/activities include cardiac critical care, cardiogenic shock, complex coronary interventions, coronary chronic total occlusions, intracoronary imaging, and mechanical circulatory support.

Dr. Stephen Shepherd is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia working within Barts Health. He has a varied practice working in cardiac, thoracic and vascular anaesthesia and as an ECMO specialist in one of the biggest cardiac arrest centres in the country. He has interests in critical care echocardiography and postresuscitation care, co-authoring to the recent update to Resuscitation Council guidelines on the lattermost topic.