Killip–Kimball

Killip–Kimball

Principle

Document the clinically assessed heart failure class in acute myocardial infarction.

Scope

Manual classification on clinical examination in adult acute myocardial infarction. No shock diagnosis from blood pressure alone; no historical mortality percentage returned.

Interpretation limits

The class is documented, without automatic reclassification or probability calculation.

Formula and logic

Direct correspondence between the selected clinical class and Killip I, II, III or IV; no summation.

Interpretation

I · No heart failure signs

Documented clinical class; complements cardiac assessment.

II · Heart failure signs, without acute pulmonary oedema

Documented clinical class; complements cardiac assessment.

III · Acute pulmonary oedema

Documented clinical class; complements cardiac assessment.

IV · Cardiogenic shock

Documented clinical class; complements cardiac assessment.

Definition version : 1.0.0

Sources

• Mello et al. · Arq Bras Cardiol — Validation of the Killip–Kimball Classification and Late Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction

  2014 · p 107: classesI–IV described; validation in infarction with/without ST elevation. The text recalls the 1967 classification.