This transcript has been edited for clarity.
E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello. I'm Magnus Ohman. Welcome to another edition of Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists. We're very fortunate today to have one of the leading lights in the world on cardiogenic shock. Dr Holger Thiele is a professor at the Heart Center in Leipzig and has done more in this field on shock than many people have. Welcome to the program.
Holger Thiele, MD: Thank you very much.
Ohman: Did you start your career knowing that you were going to specialize in cardiogenic shock? How did you come to cardiogenic shock?
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Thiele: It was more by chance. When I was working at the ICU at Heart Center Leipzig, I had many discussions with my former boss. He was always fully convinced that we needed to use the intra-aortic balloon pump. I remember one time when there was a patient with nearly normal blood pressure, but he had elevated lactate. I did not put in an intra-aortic balloon pump in this patient when I started working in the cath lab.
Ohman: Were you in training at this time?
Thiele: Yes, I was in training.
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Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Holger Thiele
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Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Holger Thiele
Interviewer: E. Magnus Ohman, MD; Interviewee: Holger Thiele, MD
DisclosuresFebruary 14, 2019
This transcript has been edited for clarity.
E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello. I'm Magnus Ohman. Welcome to another edition of Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists. We're very fortunate today to have one of the leading lights in the world on cardiogenic shock. Dr Holger Thiele is a professor at the Heart Center in Leipzig and has done more in this field on shock than many people have. Welcome to the program.
Holger Thiele, MD: Thank you very much.
Ohman: Did you start your career knowing that you were going to specialize in cardiogenic shock? How did you come to cardiogenic shock?
A Recommendation With Little Evidence
Thiele: It was more by chance. When I was working at the ICU at Heart Center Leipzig, I had many discussions with my former boss. He was always fully convinced that we needed to use the intra-aortic balloon pump. I remember one time when there was a patient with nearly normal blood pressure, but he had elevated lactate. I did not put in an intra-aortic balloon pump in this patient when I started working in the cath lab.
Ohman: Were you in training at this time?
Thiele: Yes, I was in training.
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Authors and Disclosures
Interviewer
E. Magnus Ohman, MD
Duke Program for Advanced Coronary Disease, Duke Heart Center; Senior Investigator, Duke Clinical Research Institute; Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Disclosure: E. Magnus Ohman, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; LipoScience Inc.; Merck & Co, Inc.; POZEN Inc.; Roche; Sanofi; The Medicines Company; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical
Research & Development, L.L.C.
Received grants for clinical research from: Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company
Have a 5% or greater equity interest in: Angio Aid
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: American Heart Association"
Interviewee
Holger Thiele, MD
Professor, Director, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Disclosure: Holger Thiele, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.