Coronary Artery DiseaseTreatment and Outcomes of ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in a Regionalized System of Care Based on Presence or Absence of Initial Shockable Cardiac Arrest Rhythm
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Methods
In 2006, Los Angeles County established regionalized cardiac care for STEMI with a network of designated STEMI receiving centers. These centers are capable of providing immediate primary PCI 24 hours per day, and they are required to have robust quality improvement programs and internal policies for PCI and TH. Since 2010, all patients with OOHCA of presumed cardiac origin with restoration of spontaneous circulation in the field have been transported to these STEMI centers. Participating
Results
From January 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, a total of 1,289 patients with OOHCA with restoration of spontaneous circulation were transported to 34 participating hospitals. Of these patients, 348 patients were diagnosed with STEMIs on the basis of prehospital and/or initial hospital electrocardiographic findings made up the study cohort. Of the patients with STEMIs, a total of 52 patients (15%) died in the emergency department. Two hundred nineteen patients (63%) went to the cardiac catheterization
Discussion
This study reinforces the significance of a shockable arrest rhythm on the outcomes of patients with OOHCA plus STEMI. Although the OOHCA plus STEMI population has substantially better survival than the broader OOHCA population, initial arrest rhythm remains as a strong predictor of outcomes. This finding persists even in the “true” STEMI population treated in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. It is unclear whether the arrest rhythm distinction reflects different pathophysiology or
Disclosures
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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