2010 Cardiac Arrest Circulation 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 27, 2024
A patient had a cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation and was successfully defibrillated. Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation. N Engl J Med [Internet] 2019;Available from: [link] Should all patients with shockable arrest be taken to angiography regardless of STEMI or No STEMI?
Journal of the American Heart Association
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
BackgroundDespite the wellknown importance of witnessed arrest and bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for outofhospital cardiac arrest outcomes, previous studies have shown significant statistical inconsistencies. The outcome measure was prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2013
What is the utility of a head CT in cardiac arrest? We studied this and published the abstract below in 2010. We found intracranial hemorrhage in 2% of non-traumatic cardiac arrest patients, and in 4 others the presence of cerebral edema changed management. Circulation 122:Abstract 101. Kurkciyan et al.
DAIC
JUNE 14, 2024
Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 06/14/2024 - 19:30 June 14, 2024 — Until now, known risk factors for cardiac arrest have been limited to cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension and high cholesterol. The findings appear in the journal Circulation. Upward of 400,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest every year in the U.S.,”
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
However, according to these diagnostic criteria (JACC 2011; 57(7):802), it is a Bazett corrected QT of less than 330-370, depending on other diagnostic criteria, including 1) h/o cardiac arrest, 2) sudden syncope, 3) family hx of sudden unexplained arrest at age less than 40, 4) family hx of SQTS. JACC 55(9):934-947; 2010 ].
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