<blockquote id="hl0000059" class="displayed-quote ng-scope"><i>“It is not possible to go forward while looking back.” (John C. Calhoun)</i></blockquote> <p class="ng-scope"></p> <p id="hl0000062" class="ng-scope">In an intriguing manuscript D'Elia et al. [<span> </span><button class="j-inline-reference inline-reference u-els-color-linkblue" data-refid="bb0005" id="refInSitubb0005">1</button><span> </span>] described the impact of the EKG pattern on 30–day mortality and morbidity among ischemic cardiogenic shock (CS) patients who underwent PCI within the Victorian Cardiac Output registry (VCOR) between the years 2014–2020.</p> <p class="ng-scope"><span>The authors come to the conclusions that the prognosis of subjects with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI, N-161) had more favorable outcome than those with ST-elevation MI (STEMI N-1403). The Latter group suffered excessive 30-day mortality (33 % vs 43 %, OR 0.47, CI 0.32–0.69, </span><i>P</i><span> < 0.001), major adverse cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events (MACCE 35 % vs 45 %, OR 0.48. CI 0.33–0.70, </span><i>P</i><span> < 0.05) and more frequently suffered from out of hospital cardiac arrest ( </span><i>p</i><span> ≤ 0.01).</span></p>