Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of In-hospital Mortality in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock: Results from the RESCUE Registry
Abstract Background: In the current era of mechanical circulatory support, limited data are available on prognosis of cardiogenic shock (CS) caused by various diseases. We investigated the characteristics and predictors of in-hospital mortality in Korean CS patients.Methods: The RESCUE study is a multi-center, retrospective and prospective registry of patients that presented with CS. Between January 2014 and December 2018, 1,247 patients with CS were enrolled from 12 major centers in Korea. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Results: In-hospital mortality rate was 33.6%. The main causes of shock were ischemic heart disease (80.7%), dilated cardiomyopathy (6.1%), myocarditis (3.2%), and non-ischemic ventricular arrhythmia (2.5%). Vasopressors were used in 1081 patients (86.7%). The most frequently used vasopressor was dopamine (63.4%) followed by norepinephrine (57.3%). An intra-aortic balloon pump was used in 314 patients (25.2%) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenator in 496 patients (39.8%). In multi-variable analysis, age ≥70 years, cardiac arrest at presentation, vasoactive-inotrope score >80, continuous renal replacement therapy, and mechanical ventilator were independent predictors for in-hospital mortality.Conclusions: The in-hospital mortality of CS patients remains high despite the high utilization of mechanical circulatory support. Age, cardiac arrest at presentation, amount of vasopressor, and advanced organ failure were poor prognostic factors for in-hospital mortality.Trial registration: RESCUE registry, Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT02985008, Registered 01 January 2014 - Retrospectively and Prospectively registered https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02985008.