In the condition known as shock, the circulation of blood to the body's tissues drops below the point needed to maintain life.
Shock is labeled cardiogenic when it's caused by the heart's inability to pump enough blood.
Cardiogenic shock typically is triggered by a heart attack, and is definitely life-threatening. Even with treatment, it ends in death 65 to 80 percent of the time. Causes Cardiogenic shock can spring from disorders of the heart muscle, the heart valves, or the heart's electrical conduction system. Some 5 to 15 percent of patients hospitalized for heart attacks develop the condition. The symptoms of cardiogenic shock include a weak and rapid pulse, rapid breathing, anxiety, cold hands and feet, fatigue, weakness, loss of ability to concentrate, confusion, agitation, profuse sweating, and decreased urine output.