<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has a poor prognosis and is the most severe complication of any cardiac event. It is known from previous studies that the location of the culprit lesion in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with cardiac arrest may affect the post resuscitation survival rate. However, due to the low number of cases, the association between the localization of the culprit lesion within the coronary tree and the occurrence of cardiac arrest is not widely discussed, because resuscitated cardiac arrest patients are excluded from the vast majority of clinical trials. This is a prospective observational study that aims to develop a prediction model for OHCA in patients who present with STEMI, based on differences related to culprit lesion location. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the differences related to the location of the culprit lesion in patients with STEMI who present OHCA versus patients without cardiac arrest.</p></abstract>

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has a poor prognosis and is the most severe complication of any cardiac event. It is known from previous studies that the location of the culprit lesion in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with cardiac arrest may affect the post resuscitation survival rate. However, due to the low number of cases, the association between the localization of the culprit lesion within the coronary tree and the occurrence of cardiac arrest is not widely discussed, because resuscitated cardiac arrest patients are excluded from the vast majority of clinical trials. This is a prospective observational study that aims to develop a prediction model for OHCA in patients who present with STEMI, based on differences related to culprit lesion location. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the differences related to the location of the culprit lesion in patients with STEMI who present OHCA versus patients without cardiac arrest.

Association between the Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and the Location of Culprit Lesions in STEMI Patients – Design of a Prospective Clinical Study

University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has a poor prognosis and is the most severe complication of any cardiac event. It is known from previous studies that the...

Association between the Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and the Location of Culprit Lesions in STEMI Patients – Design of a Prospective Clinical Study

Published Online: Aug 02, 2019

Page range: 72 - 76

Received: Apr 20, 2019

Accepted: May 15, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2019-0013

Keywords
cardiac arrest, acute coronary syndromes, culprit lesion, left anterior descending artery

© 2019 Evelin Szabó et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Association between the Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and the Location of Culprit Lesions in STEMI Patients – Design of a Prospective Clinical Study

Published Online: Aug 02, 2019

Page range: 72 - 76

Received: Apr 20, 2019

Accepted: May 15, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2019-0013

Keywordscardiac arrest, acute coronary syndromes, culprit lesion, left anterior descending artery

© 2019 Evelin Szabó et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cardiac arrest, acute coronary syndromes, culprit lesion, left anterior descending artery