In this in-depth discussion lead by Dr Alexander Truesdell (Virginia Heart/Inova Heart & Vascular Institute, US), contributors of Cardiogenic Shock Special Focus Collection, Dr Varinder K Randhawa (Cleveland Clinic, US) and Dr Jaime Hernandez-Montfort (Cleveland Clinic Florida, US) discuss the most prevalent questions on hemodynamic-based assessment and management of cardiogenic shock:

• What is the value of applying high quality hemodynamic evaluation to patients with cardiogenic shock? 
• What are frontiers in early identification and deep phenoprofiling CS patients beyond AMI and non-AMI etiologies? 
• How interdisciplinary systems of care can use a common hemodynamic language to best identify and treat CS?  

Read article on Hemodynamic-based Assessment and Management of Cardiogenic Shock by in USC Special Focus Issue on Cardiogenic Shock. 

Editor: Mirjam Boros