Uwe Zeymer, Tobias Heer, Taoufik Ouarrak, Ibrahim Akin, Marko Noc, Janina Stepinska, Keith Oldroyd, Pranas Serpytis, Giles Montalescot, Kurt Huber, Stephan Windecker, Stefano Savonitto, Christiaan Vrints, Steffen Schneider, Steffen Desch, Holger Thiele
BACKGROUND: We analysed consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (CS) who were enrolled into the CULPRIT-SHOCK randomized controlled trial (RCT) and those with exclusion criteria who were included into the accompanying registry. METHODS: In total, 1,075 patients with infarct-related CS were screened for CULPRIT-SHOCK in 83 specialised centres in Europe; 369 of them had exclusion criteria for the RCT and were enrolled into the registry...
February 13, 2024: European Heart Journal. Acute Cardiovascular Care