Muhammad Ibrahim, Nadeem Hayat Mallick, Shahid Abbas, Abdul Rehman Abid.
In-hospital outcome of cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction.
J Cardiovascular Dis Jan ;10(2):54-7.

Objective: Objective: To study the in-hospital outcome of cardiogenic shock (CS) after acute myocardial Infarction Objective: (AMI). Materials and Methods: Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology Materials and Methods: Lahore, from May to November 2009. After fulfilling the inclusion criteria 230 consecutive patients presenting with cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction were studied. Group I was the largest group which consisted of 110(47.82%) patients; these were the patients who had CS with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Group II consisted of 100(43.47%) patients these were the patients who had CS with Non STEMI, Group III 20(8.69%); these were the patients who had Acute left bundle branch block (LBBB) in the setting of CS. Results: esults: The mean age of the study population was 57.5±27.5 years. Total number of males in the esults: study population was 150(65.21%) while female patients were 80(34.78%). In-hospital mortality was 65(59%) in Group I, 90(90%) in Group II and 10(50%) in Group III. Conclusion: Conclusion: Patients with cardiogenic shock after an AMI suffer from increased mortality during their Conclusion: stay in the hospital. This is because of presence of more risk factors in this subset of patients. Key words: ey words: Acute myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, in-hospital mortality, left bundle branch ey words: block.

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