Why the study?
Does a positive shock index on admission predict in-hospital and long-term mortality in STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI?
Population
3,049 STEMI patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a large tertiary centre…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 454 days
Authors
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May aid risk stratification in elderly STEMI; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before guiding care.
Does a positive shock index on admission predict in-hospital and long-term mortality in STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI?
The shock index on admission is a simple and strong independent predictor of both in-hospital mortality and long-term outcomes in STEMI patients, particularly the elderly, undergoing primary PCI.
Spyridopoulos et al. (2014) studied this question.
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