Why the study?
Cardiogenic shock diagnosis is not standardized, leading to delayed diagnosis and treatment, worsening patient prognosis.
This consensus statement provides standardized diagnostic criteria for cardiogenic shock to facilitate timely diagnosis and treatment initiation.
Enables earlier cardiogenic shock recognition and treatment in practice; extends prior definitions into a standardized framework for trials and registries.
Cardiogenic shock is a complex clinical syndrome with a high mortality risk. As heterogeneity of patient presentation is high and diagnosis not standardized, a timely diagnosis and thus initiation of treatment are oftentimes not achieved, further worsening the prognosis of affected patients. We therefore propose standardized criteria for the diagnosis of cardiogenic shock, based on three essential pillars: (i) an evidence of end-organ hypoperfusion at rest, (ii) which is primarily caused by haemodynamic abnormalities and a direct consequence of (iii) an underlying cardiac dysfunction commensurate with the state of shock.
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Lim et al. (2026) conducted a review in Cardiogenic shock. Standardized diagnostic criteria was evaluated. Standardized criteria for the diagnosis of cardiogenic shock are proposed based on end-organ hypoperfusion, haemodynamic abnormalities, and underlying cardiac dysfunction.
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