Cardiogenic Shock Stage A Related to COVID-19

**Semantic type:** Finding

**Definition:** Clinical signs of warmth and perfusion without volume overload or hypoperfusion and with a normal cardiac index in a patient with probable or confirmed acute COVID-19 that is not currently experiencing signs or symptoms of cardiogenic shock but is at risk for its development. These patients may include those with large acute myocardial infarction or prior infarction, or those with acute or acute on chronic heart failure symptoms.

**Synonyms:** - Stage A