Right Heart Catheterization in Cardiogenic Shock Is Associated With Improved Outcomes: Insights From the Nationwide Readmissions Database

Background The usefulness of right heart catherization (RHC) has long been debated, and thus, we aimed to study the real-world impact of the use of RHC in cardiogenic shock. Methods and Results In the Nationwide Readmissions Database using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), we identified 236 156 patient hospitalizations with cardiogenic shock between 2016 and 2017. We sought to evaluate the impact of RHC during...