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Houston Shock: A Practical Scoring System Incorporating Cardiogenic Shock Dynamic Changes, Marwan F. Jumean, Sriram Nathan, Igor D. Gregoric, Biswajit Kar
Houston Shock: A Practical Scoring System Incorporating Cardiogenic Shock Dynamic Changes, Marwan F. Jumean, Sriram Nathan, Igor D. Gregoric, Biswajit Kar
Journal of Shock and Hemodynamics
Cardiogenic shock has an unacceptably high mortality rate and additional tools are needed to improve outcomes. The Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) shock severity classification has provided a unified definition of shock severity that has proven to be reproducible and predictive of survival. However, cardiogenic shock assessment goes beyond standardizing its severity, and a uniform and practical approach to comprehensive assessment that may guide therapy in a dynamic state is currently lacking.
Since cardiogenic shock is a rapidly evolving pathophysiological catastrophe, we propose a new assessment tool – the Houston SHOCK Score – which incorporates dynamic changes. The …