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Abstract Background Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by cardiogenic shock (CS) have a high mortality. It has been proposed that one component is a systemic inflammatory response to shock. Some of these patients even develop sepsis. Therefore,we analyzed a large cohort of patients with AMI and CS and sought to determine the incidence of sepsis and its impact on outcome. Methods The CULPRIT-SHOCKtrial and registry included 1009 patients with AMI complicated by CStreated with early PCI. In the trial 686 patients were randomized to immediate multivessel PCI or culprit lesion only PCI. In the current subanalysis patients were compared in those developing sepsis during the ICU phase to thosewithout sepsis. Results From the total of 1009 patients 103 (10%) developed sepsis. The baseline characteristics and 30-day outcomes are shown in the table. Sepsis (n=103) No sepsis (n=906) p-value Age (yrs) 68 68 0.8 Women 22.3% 25.3% 0.5 Diabetes 34.3% 29.7% 0.3 GFR <60 ml/min 5.8% 6.4% 0.8 CPR 54.4% 54.2% 0.8 Lactat >5 mmol/l 54.2% 50.8% 0.6 Mechanical support device 35.0% 29.1% 0.2 Bleeding 28.2% 18.8% 0.02 Need for renal replacement therapy 37.9% 9.6% <0.0001 Mortality 54.4% 45.7% 0.08 Conclusion About 10% of patients with AMI complicated by CSdevelop sepsis. Sepsis is associated with a higher incidence of the need for renal replacement therapy, bleeding and and a trend towards higher mortality. Therefore,further research is needed to improve outcome of these very high risk patients.

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