Siddharth M Patel, David D Berg, Erin A Bohula, Vivan M Baird-Zars, Gregory W Barsness, Sunit-Preet Chaudhry, Meshe D Chonde, Howard A Cooper, Curtis Ginder, Jacob C Jentzer, Michael C Kontos, P Elliott Miller, L Kristin Newby, Connor G O'Brien, Jeong-Gun Park, Matthew J Pierce, Barbara A Pisani, Brian J Potter, Kevin S Shah, Jeffrey J Teuteberg, Jason N Katz, Sean van Diepen, David A Morrow
Background: Associations of early changes in vasoactive support with cardiogenic shock (CS) mortality remain incompletely defined. Methods: The Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network is a multicenter registry of cardiac intensive care units (CICUs). Patients admitted with CS (2018-2023) had vasoactive dosing assessed at 4 and 24 hours (h) from CICU admission and quantified by the vasoactive-inotropic score (VIS). Prognostic associations of VIS at both timepoints, as well as change in VIS from 4h to 24h, were examined...
April 8, 2024: Circulation. Heart Failure