aetiology
Last reviewed 11/2021
The causes of cardiogenic shock include:
- myocardial infarction
- cardiac tamponade
- iatrogenic damage to the heart e.g. valvular rupture
- cardiac contusion
- massive pulmonary embolism
- mitral incompetence
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