Outcomes with Invasive versus Conservative Management of Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction.

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Outcomes with Invasive versus Conservative Management of Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Am J Med. 2014 Dec 29;

Authors: Bangalore S, Gupta N, Guo Y, Lala A, Balsam L, Roswell RO, Reyentovich A, Hochman JS

Abstract
BACKGROUND: In the SHOCK trial an invasive strategy of early revascularization was associated with a significant mortality benefit at 6-months when compared with initial stabilization in patients with cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction. Our objectives were to evaluate the data on real world practice and outcomes of invasive vs. conservative management in patients with cardiogenic shock.
METHODS: We analyzed data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) between 2002 to 2011 with primary discharge diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction and secondary diagnosis of cardiogenic shock. Propensity score matching was used to assemble a cohort of patients managed invasively (with cardiac catheterization, percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft surgery) vs. conservatively with similar baseline characteristics. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality.
RESULTS: We identified 60833 patients with cardiogenic shock of which 20644 patients (10322 in each group) with similar propensity scores, including 11,004 elderly patients (≥ 75 years), were in the final analysis. Patients who underwent invasive management had a 59% lower odds of in-hospital mortality (37.7% vs. 59.7%; OR=0.41; 95% CI 0.39-0.43; P<0.0001) when compared with those managed conservatively. This lower mortality was consistently seen across all tested subgroups; specifically in the elderly (≥ 75 years) (44.0% vs. 63.6%; OR=0.45; 95% CI 0.42-0.49; P<0.0001) and those younger than 75 years (30.6% vs. 55.1%; OR=0.36; 95% CI 0.33-0.39; P<0.0001) although the magnitude of risk reduction differed (Pinteraction <0.0001).
CONCLUSIONS: In this largest cohort of patients with cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction, patients managed invasively had significantly lower mortality when compared with those managed conservatively, even in the elderly. Our results emphasize the need for aggressive management in this high-risk subgroup.

PMID: 25554376 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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