Cardiology

Killip Classification

Heart failure severity in acute MI.

Education and reference only. Not a substitute for clinical judgement, local policy or product labelling. Always verify before clinical use. Values are calculated in your browser and never stored.

When to use

Use in acute myocardial infarction to grade heart-failure severity, which carries prognostic weight.

Why use

Higher Killip class predicts higher in-hospital mortality.

Evidence & references

  1. Killip T, Kimball JT. Treatment of myocardial infarction in a coronary care unit. Am J Cardiol. 1967.

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