ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022
Computed-Tomography as First-line Diagnostic Procedure in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
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- European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines 2025: post-resuscitation care.Intensive care medicine · 2025Guideline
- Rib fractures and other injuries after cardiopulmonary resuscitation for non-traumatic cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Pooled it
- Role of Neuroimaging Before Coronary Angiography in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2026Article
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- Computed tomography assessment after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation.Resuscitation plus · 2026Article
- Injury Patterns in Resuscitated Non-Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Patients-A Comparative CT Analysis Between Automated Chest Compression Devices.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cadiology intensive care in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest or cardiogenic shock.Resuscitation plus · 2025Article
- Diagnostic value and clinical impact of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients after sudden cardiac arrest: a retrospective study.Open heart · 2025Article
- CT imaging in post-resuscitation care of non-traumatic resuscitation room patients in German hospitals.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Time-dependent association of grey-white ratio on early brain CT predicting outcomes after cardiac arrest at hospital discharge.Resuscitation · 2025Article
- Clinical Significance of Whole-Body Computed Tomography Scans in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Without Prehospital Return of Spontaneous Circulation.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Seeking a Treatable Cause of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during and after Resuscitation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Opportunistic CT-derived analysis of fat and muscle tissue composition predicts mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Both decreased and increased grey-to-white matter attenuation ratio in the putamen and caudate on early head computed tomography differentiate patients with favorable and unfavorable outcomes after prolonged cardiac arrest-secondary analysis of the Prague OHCA study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) remains high despite numerous efforts to improve outcome. For patients with suspected coronary cause of arrest, coronary angiography is crucial. However, there are other causes and potentially life-threatening injuries related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which can be detected by routine computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND
methodsAt Hannover Medical School, rapid coronary angiography and CT are performed in successfully resuscitated OHCA patients as a standard of care prior to admission to intensive care. We analyzed all patients who received CT following OHCA with ROSC over a three-year period.
resultsThere were 225 consecutive patients with return of spontaneous circulation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Mean age was 64 ± 13 years, 75% were male. Of them, 174 (77%) had witnessed arrest, 145 (64%) received bystander CPR, and 123 (55%) had a primary shockable rhythm. Mean time to ROSC was 24 ± 20 min. There were no significant differences in CT pathologies in patients with or without ST-segment elevations in the initial ECG. Critical CT findings qualifying as a potential cause for cardiac arrest were intracranial bleeding (
conclusionEarly CT fallowing OHCA uncovers a high number of causes and consequences of OHCA and CPR. Those are relevant for post-arrest care and are frequently life-threatening, suggesting that CT can contribute to improving prognosis following OHCA.
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