Table 2. Treatment Practices in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction According to the Presence of Cardiogenic Shock.

	Total Sample			Patients Hospitalized in 2001, 2003, and 2005
	Shock Present (+) (n=905)	Shock Absent (-) (n=12,758)	p Value	Shock Present (+) (n=173)	Shock Absent (-) (n=3,126)	p Value
Medications (%)
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers****	48.6	47.9	0.74	62.4	68.1	0.13
Aspirin	52.2	65.7	<.001	90.2	91.4	0.60
Beta blockers	40.2	63.4	<.001	76.9	90.2	<0.001
Calcium channel blockers**	26.0	38.2	<.001	20.2	25.4	0.12
Lipid lowering agents***	20.2	31.0	<.001	56.7	66.8	<0.01
Thrombolytics***	18.8	15.9	0.05	6.4	5.3	0.55
Procedures (%)
Cardiac catheterization	35.8	30.7	<.001	74.0	55.5	<0.001
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery*	6.9	3.8	<.001	7.5	6.0	0.44
Percutaneous coronary intervention***	28.8	19.3	<.001	57.8	38.6	<0.001
Intraortic balloon counterpulsation	29.7	2.0	<.001	54.3	3.5	<0.001

^*81-05 only

^**84-05 only

^***86-05 only

^****90-05 only