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Sudden Cardiac Arrest: ECG Repolarization After Resuscitation |
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| Authors: | NICOLAS LELLOUCHE M.D. FREDERIC SACHER M.D. PIERRE JORROT M.D. ALAIN CARIOU M.D. CHRISTIAN SPAULDING M.D. AMANDINE AURORE M.D. XAVIER COMBES M.D. JEROME FICHET M.D. EMMANUEL TEIGER M.D. PIERRE JAIS M.D. JEAN‐LUC DUBOIS‐RANDÉ M.D. MICHEL HAISSAGUERRE M.D. | |
| Affiliation: | 1. H?pital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique H?pitaux de Paris et INSERM U 841, Creteil, France;2. Hopital Cardiologique du Haut‐Leveque, CHU de Bordeaux/Université Bordeaux II, Pessac Cedex, France;3. H?pital Cochin, Assistance Publique H?pitaux de Paris, Saint‐Jacques, Paris, France | |
| Abstract: | Sudden Cardiac Arrest and ECG Repolarization. Introduction: Early repolarization (ERep) abnormalities on electrocardiogram (ECG) are common immediately following cardiac arrest. We characterized and correlated electrocardiographic repolarization abnormalities immediately after cardiac arrest with acute coronary angiography. Methods and Results: We studied 225 consecutive patients presenting with out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest. All these patients had successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation and acute coronary angiography. The first ECG recorded after successful resuscitation was analyzed by two independent cardiologists. Patients were categorized according to their repolarization pattern. | |
| Keywords: | early repolarization cardiac arrest electrocardiogram sudden death myocardial infarction | |