cardiogenic shock

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   shock caused by cardiac arrest

   Broadershock

Questions about cardiogenic shock

What does cardiogenic shock mean?

cardiogenic shock means "shock caused by cardiac arrest".

Is cardiogenic shock a common word?

cardiogenic shock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.