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Cardiogenic shock remains the leading cause of death for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, often developing early but typically not diagnosed on hospital presentation.
Cardiogenic shock remains the leading cause of death in acute MI, highlighting the need for early recognition of hemodynamic compromise.
Requires heightened vigilance for early shock in AMI; leaves open prospective validation of prediction tools.
The incidence of cardiogenic shock in community studies has not decreased significantly over time. Despite decreasing mortality rates associated with increasing utilisation of revascularisation, shock remains the leading cause of death for patients hospitalised with acute myocardial infarction (MI). Although shock often develops early after MI onset, it is typically not diagnosed on hospital presentation. Failure to recognise early haemodynamic compromise and the increased early use of hypotension inducing treatments may explain this observation.
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Venu Menon (2002) conducted a review in Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction. Cardiogenic shock remains the leading cause of death for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, often developing early but typically not diagnosed on hospital presentation.