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The incidence of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction averaged 7.5% over a 14-year period, with in-hospital mortality remaining high at 74% to 82%.
This editorial highlights the persistently high incidence and mortality of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction between 1975 and 1988.
In this issue of the Journal, Goldberg et al. have estimated the incidence of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction.1 Their study includes more than 4000 patients cared for over a 14-year period at hospitals in the Worcester, Massachusetts, metropolitan area. The data indicate that the incidence of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction remained relatively constant during this period, averaging 7.5 percent. In-hospital mortality rates did not improve between 1975 and 1988; during this time, 74 percent to 82 percent of the patients died.These results may not be surprising. Patients with cardiogenic shock generally have 40 percent . . .
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Willerson et al. (1991) conducted an editorial in Acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (n=4,000). Cardiogenic shock was evaluated on Incidence of cardiogenic shock and in-hospital mortality. The incidence of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction averaged 7.5% over a 14-year period, with in-hospital mortality remaining high at 74% to 82%.
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