Efficiency of percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated with cardiogenic shock

36 patients under 75 years old with acute myocardial infarction complicated with cardiogenic shock (CS) were included in the study, with 24 of them being treated by using conservative methods and with early invasive tactics applied for the remaining 12 patients. Interventions were successful in 75 % of cases (n=9), with the blood stream (3rd Group TIMI) established in the target artery. Lethality in the group with conservative tactics of infarction treatment accounted for 87.5 %, while in the group with early invasive methods it ran to 33.3 % (p=0.003). Using percutaneous coronary intervention in patients under 75 years old with acute myocardial infarction complicated with CS allows, if successful, for reducing hospital lethality.