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. 2011;15(3):R122.
doi: 10.1186/cc10227. Epub 2011 May 11.

Impact of routine percutaneous coronary intervention after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation

Pierrick Cronier  1 , Philippe Vignon, Koceila Bouferrache, Philippe Aegerter, Cyril Charron, François Templier, Samuel Castro, Rami El Mahmoud, Cécile Lory, Nicolas Pichon, Olivier Dubourg, Antoine Vieillard-Baron
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Impact of routine percutaneous coronary intervention after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation

Pierrick Cronier et al. Crit Care. 2011.

Abstract

Introduction: Since 2003, we have routinely used percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) to treat patients < 80 years of age after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) related to ventricular fibrillation. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of routine PCI in association with MTH and the potential influence of age.

Methods: We studied 111 consecutive patients resuscitated successfully following OHCA related to shock-sensitive rhythm. They were divided into five groups according to age: < 45 years (n = 22, group 1), 45 to 54 years (n = 27, group 2), 55 to 64 years (n = 22, group 3), 65 to 74 years (n = 23, group 4) and ≥75 years (n = 17, group 5). Emergency coronary angiography was performed in hemodynamically stable patients < 80 years old, regardless of the electrocardiogram pattern. MTH was targeted to a core temperature of 32°C to 34°C for 24 hours.

Results: Most patients (73%) had coronary heart disease, although its incidence in group 1 was lower than in other groups (41% versus 81%; P = 0.01). In group 1, all patients but one underwent coronary angiography, and 33% of them underwent associated PCI. In group 5, only 53% of patients underwent a coronary angiography and 44% underwent PCI. Overall in-hospital survival was 54%, ranging between 52% and 64% in groups 1 to 4 and 24% in group 5. Time from collapse to return of spontaneous circulation was associated with mortality (odds ratio (OR) = 1.05 (25th to 75th percentile range, 1.03 to 1.08); P < 0.001), whereas PCI was associated with survival (OR = 0.30 (25th to 75th percentile range, 0.11 to 0.79); P = 0.01).

Conclusions: We suggest that routine coronary angiography with potentially associated PCI may favorably alter the prognosis of resuscitated patients with stable hemodynamics who are treated with MTH after OHCA related to ventricular fibrillation. Although age was not an independent cause of death, the clinical relevance of this therapeutic strategy remains to be determined in older people.

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Figure 1
Flow diagram of the study. ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; MTH, mild therapeutic hypothermia.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Incidence of documented coronary heart disease according to age and before (gray) and after (black) coronary angiography.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Survival according to whether a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was performed in the different study groups.
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