Why the study?
Do antiarrhythmic drugs cause out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with ventricular tachyarrhythmia?
Population
Patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Design
Other
Key result
Between 30% and 60% of patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are found to have been taking antiarrhythmic drugs.
Authors
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Antiarrhythmic exposure in resuscitated arrest patients may signal proarrhythmic risk; challenges consensus on empirical therapy and leaves open causal confirmation.
Observational
Do antiarrhythmic drugs cause out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with ventricular tachyarrhythmia?
A significant proportion of patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were taking antiarrhythmic drugs, suggesting a potential proarrhythmic effect.
Ruskin et al. (1983) conducted an observational in Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Antiarrhythmic drugs was evaluated. Between 30% and 60% of patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are found to have been taking antiarrhythmic drugs.