Acute cardiac care & resuscitationGuideline or statement
Criteria for the diagnosis of cardiogenic shock—European perspective: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care, the Heart Failure Association, and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions of the ESC
- Clinical Consensus Statement
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
We therefore propose standardized criteria for the diagnosis of cardiogenic shock, based on three essential pillars: (i) an evidence of end-organ hypoperfusion at rest, (ii) which is primarily caused by haemodynamic abnormalities and a direct consequence of (iii) an underlying cardiac dysfunction commensurate with the state of shock.
Original publication
Criteria for the diagnosis of cardiogenic shock—European perspective: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care, the Heart Failure Association, and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions of the ESC. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. Published 29 August 2026. doi:10.1093/ehjacc/zuag100
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