Cardiogenic Shock With Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Older Adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Characteristics and outcomes associated with cardiogenic shock (CS) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in older patients have not been well characterized. The purpose of this study was to investigate characteristics and outcomes of older patients admitted with CS with AMI. We used the National Inpatient Sample database to evaluate clinical characteristics of hospitalizations, clinical outcomes, and health care utilization of hospitalizations of older patients ≥80 years with CS and AMI from 2003 to 2021. We also compared data from older patients with a reference relatively younger patient population (18-79 years). During the study period, 207,333 hospitalizations of older patients ≥80 years and 675,491 hospitalizations of patients 18 to 79 years were identified. Between the first 4 year

SUBMITTER: Mansoor T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12395060 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature