Why the study?
Does immediate coronary angiography and successful angioplasty improve in-hospital survival in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?
Population
84 consecutive survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest between the ages of 30 and 75 years who had no…
Comparison
Immediate coronary angiography and coronary… vs Patients who did not undergo successful…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
In-hospital
Authors
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May support angiography in arrest survivors; hypothesis-generating pending randomized confirmation.
Does immediate coronary angiography and successful angioplasty improve in-hospital survival in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?
Immediate coronary angiography and successful angioplasty in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is associated with significantly improved in-hospital survival.
Spaulding et al. (1997) studied this question.
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