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 ...

CS may present as an early complication following ST elevation and MI. In the SHOCK trial, the median time from MI to shock onset was 5.0 hours (25th to 75th percentile, 2.2-12.0 hours ...