Table 2.

In‐hospital course and management of acute myocardial infarction‐cardiogenic shock with and without pulmonary artery catheter use

Characteristic		PAC (N = 29 609)	No PAC (N = 334 392)	P
Acute organ dysfunction	Respiratory	57.6	44.1	<0.001
	Renal	43.1	33.6	<0.001
	Hepatic	10.8	7.7	<0.001
Pulmonary haemorrhage		1.7	1.1	<0.001
Cardiac arrest		18.9	19.5	0.02
Coronary angiography		70.2	64.7	<0.001
Percutaneous coronary intervention		48.4	53.4	<0.001
MCS	IABP	52.8	37.6	<0.001
	Percutaneous MCS	2.4	1.3	<0.001
	ECMO	0.6	0.3	<0.001
Invasive mechanical ventilation		61.4	42.1	<0.001
Haemodialysis		5.8	2.9	<0.001

Represented as percentage.

ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; IABP, intra‐aortic balloon pump; MCS, mechanical circulatory support.