ROLE OF PASSIVE LEG RAISING TO EVALUATE PRELOAD RESPONSIVENESS IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOGENIC SHOCK AFTER ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) TREATED WITH INOTROPIC THERAPY

Optimal cardiac filling is essential for maintaining an adequate cardiac output and organ perfusion in patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) after STEMI). Passive leg raising (PLR) represents a “self-volume challenge” that could predict fluid response; the transient hemodynamic effect of