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The aim of this study was to determine the impact of age on procedural and clinical outcomes in patients with cardiogenic shock (CS).The use of early revascularization therapy with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been shown to improve outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by CS.Data from consecutive patients with AMI and CS treated with PCI enrolled into the prospective ALKK (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Leitende Kardiologische Krankenhausärzte) PCI registry were centrally collected and analyzed. Patients were divided into 4 groups according to their age (65, 65 to 74, 75 to 84, and85 years). Patients' characteristics, procedural features, antithrombotic therapies, and in-hospital complications were compared among the 4 groups.Between 2010 and 2015, a total of 2,323 consecutive patients with AMI and CS were treated by PCI in 51 hospitals. TIMI (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction) flow grade 3 patency after PCI decreased with increasing age from 84% to 78%, while in-hospital mortality increased from 32% to 56%. Bleeding rates were low (2.0% to 2.3%) and not different among age groups. In the multivariate analysis, higher age, TIMI flow grade 3 after PCI, 3-vessel disease, and left main PCI were independent predictors of mortality.PCI in patients with AMI and CS is associated with a high procedural success rate and a low bleeding rate, even in very elderly patients, while mortality increases with increasing age. Because mortality in elderly patients with CS without revascularization therapy is very high, it seems justified to perform PCI in selected patients to reduce mortality.