Influence of intra‐aortic balloon pump on mortality as a function of cardiogenic shock severity

Randomized studies of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) in cardiogenic shock (CS) have only included on patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) without stratification according to shock severity. We examined the association between IABP and mortality in CS patients across the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI) shock stages.We included cardiac intensive care unit patients admitted from 2007 to 2015 with CS from any...