What's new in cardiogenic shock?
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- de Chambrun, Marc Pineton; Donker, Dirk W.; Combes, Alain
- Source
- Intensive Care Medicine. May2020, Vol. 46 Issue 5, p1016-1019. 4p. 1 Diagram.
- Subject
- *CARDIOGENIC shock
*INTRA-aortic balloon counterpulsation
*CENTRAL venous pressure
- Language
- ISSN
- 0342-4642
A new classification for cardiogenic shock Patients with CS represent a heterogeneous population with varying prognosis based on etiology, severity of illness and comorbidities. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI) has recently proposed a new CS classification featuring five stages (A-E) of increasing severity based on clinical, biological and hemodynamic signs of CS (Fig. The CULPRIT-SHOCK trial randomized 706 patients to either culprit-lesion-only PCI or immediate multivessel PCI in CS complicating AMI. The new classification of CS may allow improved recognition and care of CS patients. [Extracted from the article]