Lower Silesia Cardiogenic Shock Initiative

LSCSI is a Hub\&Spoke project with the main aim to improve the outcome of patients with cardiogenic shock in Lower Silesia region, Poland. It consists of one "hub" which is Wroclaw University Hospital and eleven "spokes" which are eleven cardiology departments situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The consortium have unified protocol defining which cardiogenic shock patient and when should be transferred to the "hub" for enhanced treatment options including durable mechanical circulatory support or heart transplant. The "hub" have 7/24 Shock Team on-site supplied with a protocol how to proceed with "spoke" transferred patients including decision making on which mechanical circulatory support implant with subsequent de-escalation or escalation pathway.