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Shock cardiógeno - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Shock de tipo cardiógeno

Definición:

Es un estado en el cual el corazón ha estado tan dañado que es incapaz de suministrarle suficiente sangre a los órganos del cuerpo.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

El shock ocurre en cualquier momento en que el corazón es incapaz de bombear suficiente sangre para las necesidades del organismo. El shock cardiógeno puede ser causado por trastornos:

  • Del músculo cardíaco
  • Del sistema de conducción eléctrica del corazón
  • De válvulas

La causa más frecuente es un ataque cardíaco (infarto al miocardio) que ocasiona insuficiencia cardíaca.

Algunos trastornos conexos abarcan:

  • Ritmos cardíacos anormales
  • Miocardiopatía
  • Trastornos de las válvulas cardíacas (especialmente válvulas permeables)
  • Ruptura del corazón
  • Fecha de revisión: 5/15/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Alan Berger, MD, Assistant Professor, Divisions of Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Anderson JL, Adams CD, Antman EM, Bridges CR, Califf RM, Casey DE, et al. ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/non-ST-Eevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) developed in collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007;50:e1-e57.

Antman EM. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: management. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP. Libby: Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Saunders; 2007:chap 51.

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