Table 1.
Patient characteristics from all patients (first column), patients treated with mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA; second column), and OHCA victims who were not treated with MTH (third column)
| All patients n = 76 |
Patients treated with MTH n = 48 |
Patients not treated with MTH n = 28 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male gender | 46 (60.5%) | 29 (60.4%) | 17 (60.7%) | 0.98 |
| Age (years) [range] |
64.2 ± 12.8 [34-88] |
62.3 ± 13.7 [34-88] |
67.5 ± 11.3 [47-88] |
0.09 |
| Witnessed cardiac arrest | 60 (78.9%) | 38 (79.2%) | 22 (78.6%) | 0.81 |
| Lay resuscitation | 43 (56.6%) | 22 (45.8%) | 21 (75.0 %) | 0.01 |
| Initial shockable rhythm | 44 (57.9%) | 30 (62.5%) | 14 (50.0 %) | 0.37 |
| Myocardial infarction | 38 (50.0%) | 25 (52.1%) | 13 (46.4%) | 0.92 |
| ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) | 27 (35.5%) | 19 (39.6%) | 8 (28.6%) | |
| Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) | 11 (14.5%) | 6 (12.5%) | 5 (17.9%) | |
| Coronary artery disease | 63 (82.9%) | 40 (83.3%) | 23 (82.1%) | 0.89 |
| One vessel disease | 13 (17.1%) | 7 (14.6%) | 6 (21.4%) | |
| Two vessel disease | 17 (22.4%) | 12 (25.0%) | 5 (17.9%) | |
| Three vessel disease | 33 (43.4%) | 21 (43.8%) | 12 (42.9%) | |
| Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) | 53 (69.7%) | 35 (72.9%) | 18 (64.3%) | 0.43 |
| Left anterior descendens (LAD) | 21 (27.6%) | 16 (33.3%) | 5 (17.9%) | |
| Ramus circumflexus (RCX) | 7 (9.2%) | 4 (8.3%) | 3 (10.7%) | |
| Right coronary artery (RCA) | 14 (18.4%) | 8 (16.7%) | 6 (21.4%) | |
| Multi vessel disease (MV) | 10 (13.2%) 1 (1.3%) |
6 (12.5%) 1 (2.1%) |
4 (14.3%) 0 (0.0%) |
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| Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) | ||||
| Use of Eptifibatide (Integrilin™) | 17 (22.4%) | 12 (25.0%) | 5 (17.9%) | 0.47 |
| Duration of coronary angiography (min) [range] |
50.0 ± 31.0 [7-186] |
48.3 ± 27.0 [8-132] |
51.0 ± 35.7 [7-186] |
0.71 |
| Vascular closure device (Angio-Seal™) | 26 (34.2%) | 16 (33.3%) | 10 (35.7%) | 0.83 |
| Vascular complication | 6 (7.9%) | 6 (12.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.05 |
| Hb relevant bleeding | 5 (6.6%) | 5 (10.4%) | - | 0.08 |
| conservative therapy | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (2.1%) | - | |
| transfusion | 3 (3.9%) | 3 (6.3%) | - | |
| operation + transfusion | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (2.1%) | - | |
| Arterial occlusion | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (2.1%) | - | 0.44 |
| operation | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (2.1%) | - | |
| Survival until hospital discharge | 41 (53.9%) | 27 (56.3%) | 14 (50.0%) | 0.60 |