Abstract

Introduction: Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction (CS-AMI) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, yet data among younger individuals are limited. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of consecutive AMI patients aged 18-50 years admitted to 2 tertiary care academic centers from 2000-2016. CS was determined by physician review of electronic health records (EHR) using the SCAI CS classification system. Baseline characteristics, treatment and outcomes including all-cause mortality (ACM), cardiovascular mortality (CVM) and 1-year hospitalization for heart failure (HHF) were adjudicated by physicians using EHR and death records. Mahalanobis distance matching was used to define a comparator group in the non-CS cohort. Results: The study included 2097 AMI patients (mean age 44 ± 5.1 years, 74% white, 81% male), with CS-AMI identified in 148 (7%) patients. There were no significant differences in age, sex or race between groups, although CS-AMI patients were more likely to have public or no insurance (p=0.02). Independent factors associated with CS-AMI included female sex, STEMI at presentation, out of hospital cardiac arrest, left main coronary disease, diabetes and peripheral artery disease. Over a median follow up of 11.2 years, compared to 461 matched non-CS-AMI patients and controlling for relevant covariates, CS-AMI patients had significantly higher ACM (aHR 2.84, p<0.001), CVM (aHR 4.09, p<0.001), and 1-year HHF (aHR 6.18, p=0.001) (Figure 1). In landmark analyses, CS-AMI patients who survived to discharge continued to have significantly higher risk of CVM (aHR 2.76, p=0.016) compared with matched non-CS AMI patients. All results were similar in the full cohort comparison. Conclusion: Cardiogenic shock is infrequent amongst young AMI patients, but associated with substantially higher overall and post-discharge mortality, and 1-year heart failure hospitalizations after AMI compared to those without cardiogenic shock.

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