Comparison of late survival in patients with cardiogenic shock due to right ventricular infarction versus left ventricular pump failure following primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction.

This study compared late survival after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with cardiogenic shock due to right ventricular (RV) infarction versus left ventricular (LV) pump failure. Consecutive patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary PCI (n = 2,496) were prospectively enrolled in a registry from 1984 to 2004. Cardiogenic shock occurred before PCI in 189 patients (7.