American College of Cardiology

MARCH 17, 2025

The ACC has released its first Concise Clinical Guidance focused on best practices for the evaluation and management of patients with cardiogenic shock (CS).

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Circulation

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cardiogenic shock continues to portend poor outcomes, conferring short-term mortality rates of 30% to 50% despite recent scientific advances. Age is a nonmodifiable risk factor for mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock and is often considered in the decision-making process for eligibility for various therapies.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

BackgroundCardiogenic shock carries high mortality. male, 67% acute myocardial infarction, 33% acute decompensated heart failure), 45 (41.3%), 33 (30.3%), and 31 (28.4%) were in SCAI Shock Stages C, D, and E, respectively. Patients achieving all 3 best practices significantly increased from 35.1% (P1) to 52.8% (P3) (P=0.026).

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 8, 2024

Cardiogenic shock continues to carry a high mortality rate despite contemporary care, with no breakthrough therapies shown to improve survival over the past few decades. A slowly maturing evidence base has suggested that cardiogenic shock teams may improve patient outcomes.

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