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. 2025 Mar 26;29:137. doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05356-0

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population

Variable Overall (n = 118) MicroShock (n = 61) OptimaCC (n = 57)
Demographic
Age (years) 69 (60–77) 70 (65–77) 67 (55–77)
Sex
  Male 70 (59%) 32 (52%) 38 (67%)
  Female 48 (41%) 29 (48%) 19 (33%)
BMI (kg/m2) 26.1 (22.5–28.1) [n = 115] 27.0 (23.1–30.4) 25.4 (22.3–27.4) [n = 54]
Medical history
  Hypertension 54 (46%) 40 (66%) 14 (25%)
  Diabetes 30 (25%) 24 (39%) 6 (11%)
  Smoker 19/94 (20%) 9/37 (24%) 10 (18%)
  Coronary artery disease 42/116 (36%) 38/59 (64%) 4/57 (7%)
Clinical presentation
  Heart rate (bpm) 90 (72–115) [n = 117] 85 (71–117) [n = 60] 94 (75–115)
  Systolic BP (mmHg) 103 (90–122) [n = 117] 100 (84–122) [n = 60] 104 (95–123)
  Diastolic BP (mmHg) 60 (50–68) [n = 117] 61 (50–67) [n = 60] 59 (48–69)
  Mean BP (mmHg) 73 (64–86) [n = 116] 72 (62–79) [n = 60] 76 (68–88) [n = 56]
  CI at H0 (L/min/m2) 1.9 (1.5–2.3) [n = 110] 1.8 (1.3–2.1) [n = 56] 1.9 (1.7–2.6) [n = 54]
  CPI at H0 (W/m2) 0.3 (0.2–0.4) [n = 110] 0.3 (0.2–0.3) [n = 56] 0.3 (0.2–0.4) [n = 54]
  LVEF (%) 30 (20–40) [n = 109] 25 (20–38) [n = 57] 34 (25–40) [n = 52]
  Ischemic cause 74 (63%) 19 (31%) 55 (96%)
  Arterial lactate (mmol/L) 3.4 (1.9–6.0) [n = 110] 3.2 (1.7–6.2) [n = 56] 3.9 (2.3–5.7) [n = 54]
  Cardiac arrest before inclusion 33 (28%) 4 (7%) 29 (51%)
SCAI shock classification
SCAI classification [n = 117] [n = 56]
  B 2 (2%) 2 (3%) 0 (0%)
  C 62 (53%) 24 (39%) 38 (68%)
  D 34 (29%) 18 (30%) 16 (29%)
  E 19 (16%) 17 (28%) 2 (4%)
Severity scores
  SAPS II score 61 (45–74) [n = 116] 64 (50–77) [n = 60] 56 (44–69) [n = 56]
  SOFA score 9 (7–11) [n = 110] 8 (7–10) [n = 53] 9 (8–12)
  VIS at H0 39 (13–83) 30 (5–69) 44 (21–99)
Management
  Assisted ventilation 101/112 (90%) 55 (90%) 46/51 (90%)
  Extra-renal purification 27 (23%) 18 (30%) 9 (16%)
  ECMO 9 (8%) 5 (8%) 4 (7%)
Outcomes
  Death at 30 days 44 (37%) 23 (38%) 21 (37%)
  Death and/or ECMO at 30 days 48 (41%) 25 (41%) 23 (40%)

Categorical variables are expressed as absolute counts (%) and continuous variables as median (25th to 75th percentile). BMI = body mass index; CI: cardiac index; CPI: cardiac power index; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; SCAI: Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; SAPS = simplified acute physiology score; SOFA = sequential organ failure assessment; ICU = intensive care unit; VA-ECMO = venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Values are median (1st quartile–3rd quartile) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables

*p value from Wilcoxon test for continuous variables and Fisher's exact test for categorical variables