What is the mortality rate for patients with cardiogenic shock?
The mortality rate for patients with cardiogenic shock is approximately 40% with milder forms of shock, and >45% with refractory shock. In-hospital mortality of all patients with shock was 59%.594 Patients with NSTEMI had higher-risk clinical characteristics, more extensive CAD, and more recurrent ischemia and infarction before developing shock compared with patients with STEMI.