In May 2006, the SHOCK investigators reported that early revascularization was associated with a survival benefit for diabetic patients in cardiogenic shock after acute MI. [4] Despite the fact ...

Lowering the life-threatening risks of cardiogenic shock Cardiogenic shock is a life ... of an acute bleeding stroke offered a greater survival benefit to patients than medical management.

in the recently completed Should We Emergently Revascularize Occluded Coronary Arteries for Cardiogenic Shock (SHOCK) trial, [25] although patients who underwent angioplasty had improved survival ...

Dr. Alexandre Mebazaa is Professor of Medicine at Université Paris Cité (France), Chair of Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care and an expert in heart failure and cardiogenic shock.