Table 1.
Demographics, treatments, and clinical course of PCAS patients
| Age | Sex | Eye witness | Initial cardiac rhythm | Bystander CPR | Time-to-ROSC (min) | Cause of cardiac arrest | Therapeutic hypothermia | CAG/PCI | CPC score | Time of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | M | Yes | Asystole | Yes | 60 | Cardiogenic (STEMI) | Yes | Yes/Yes | 1 | - |
| 65 | M | Yes | VF | Yes | 10 | Cardiogenic (STEMI) | Yes | Yes/Yes | 1 | - |
| 61 | M | Yes | VF | Yes | 5 | Cardiogenic (STEMI) | Yes | Yes/Yes | 1 | - |
| 95 | M | Yes | VF | Yes | 17 | Asphyxia | Yes | No | 1 | - |
| 49 | M | Yes | PEA | No | 34 | Cardiogenic | Yes | Yes/No | 2 | - |
| 71 | M | Yes | VF | Yes | 43 | Cardiogenic (STEMI) | Yes | Yes/Yes | 4 | - |
| 91 | F | No | VF | No | 35 | Cardiogenic | No | No | 4 | - |
| 60 | M | No | PEA/VF | No | 75 | Cardiogenic | Yes | No | 5 | 33 h |
| 71 | M | No | Asys/Refractory VF | No | 68 | Asphyxia (CO poisoning) | Yes | No | 5 | day 3 |
| 53 | M | Yes | VF | No | 60 | Cardiogenic (Arrhythmia) | Yes | Yes/No | 5 | day 3 |
| 93 | M | Yes | Yes | 51 | Asphyxia | No | No | 5 | 13 h | |
| 72 | M | No | PEA | Yes | 50 | Asphyxia | No | No | 5 | 8 h |
| 76 | F | No | PEA | No | 65 | Asphyxia | No | No | 5 | day 1 |
| 84 | M | No | No | 86 | Unknown | No | No | 5 | 3 h | |
| 63 | M | No | Asys/PEA | No | 74 | Cardiogenic | Yes | No | 5 | 4 h |
Asys, asystole/pulseless electrical activity; CAG, coronary angiography; CPC, cerebral performance categories; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; PCAS, post-cardiac arrest syndrome; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PEA, pulseless electrical activity; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; VF, ventricular fibrillation