Cardiogenic shock occurs when the heart is unable to supply enough blood to the vital organs of the body. As a result of the failure of the heart to pump enough nutrients to the body, blood pressure ...

Cardiogenic shock is characterized by acute hypoperfusion and end-organ dysfunction owing to reduced cardiac output, and is commonly caused by acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with left ventricular ...

Most people who've had a heart attack-or who fear having one-focus on surviving the cardiovascular event itself. But what happens in the hours and days after can be just as critical. One serious ...

Physiologic shock is when you don’t have enough blood to support your organs and tissues. Psychologic shock is usually related to trauma. What is shock? The term “shock” may refer to a psychologic or ...

Shock is the clinical expression of circulatory failure that results in inadequate cellular oxygen utilization. Shock is a common condition in critical care, affecting about one third of patients in ...

A head-to-head comparison of inotropes in the setting of cardiogenic shock revealed no clear victor, with milrinone and dobutamine providing similar outcomes in the randomized DOREMI trial. A ...

Two new studies document the progress that’s been made in creating a consistent approach to cardiogenic shock care, and point to new directions as the field evolves. Both were released this week in a ...

More than a quarter of patients with early-stage cardiogenic shock had to be transferred to a higher level of care, progressed to a worse stage of shock, or died, according to a study in six US ...

Despite advances in the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI), the incidence of cardiogenic shock has remained at 7% to 10% during the last 25 years. Hospital mortality was about 90% in the 1970s; ...