Dr. Jorge Arturo Ortega-Hernández is a Mexican internist and cardiologist specialized in cardiovascular emergencies and coronary intensive care, with a particular focus on cardiogenic shock and advanced hemodynamics. He works at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez in Mexico City and collaborates with international centers on multi-center registries and device-based therapies for acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock. He is certified by the national boards of Internal Medicine and Cardiology in Mexico and is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
His main areas of expertise include pulmonary artery catheter–guided management, pressure–volume loop reconstruction from invasive and echocardiographic data, mechanical circulatory support (especially Impella, IABP and ECMO).
Higher number vasopressor usage linked to poorer outcomes despite obtaining hemodynamic goals in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock
Event: ESC Congress 2023
Topic: Cardiogenic Shock
Session: Different aspects of acute coronary syndromes, myocardial infarction related cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest
