Cardiac arrest & resuscitation

Complete versus culprit-lesion-only percutaneous coronary intervention after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with multivessel disease

ResuscitationPublished Prospective observational study

Main finding · All-cause deathResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 0.29 95 % CI 0.09–0.98

Authors' conclusion

Our findings suggest that a complete percutaneous coronary revascularization strategy is associated with improved one-year survival rates in patients with MVD resuscitated from OHCA.

Study context

Population
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors with multivessel CAD undergoing invasive coronary angiography, Lombardia CARe Registry, 2015–2022MVD among 538 with invasive coronary angiography (ICA)
Participants
230 survivors
Exposure
Complete revascularization vs culprit-lesion-only PCI
  • Complete revascularizationn = 77
  • Culprit-lesion-onlyn = 152reference
Outcome
Death from any cause
Follow-up
1 year
Methodological detailsmulticentre, registry-based (Lombardia CARe Registry), 8 centres in Northern Italy
  • Multicentre
  • Registry-based (Lombardia CARe Registry)
  • 8 centres in Northern Italy

Main finding

All-cause death

Hazard ratio

0.29

95 % CI 0.09–0.98

P = 0.047

By group

Complete revascularization vs Culprit-lesion-only
HR 0.29 (95 % CI 0.09–0.98); P = 0.047

As reported in the abstract

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

OutcomeHR (95 % CI)P value
Death from any cause or unfavorable neurological outcome · 1 yearMultivariable analysis0.23 (0.06–0.81)P = 0.022
OutcomeCulprit-lesion-onlyP value
Death from any cause or unfavorable neurological outcome · 1 yearUnadjusted55.9 %P < 0.001

Original publication

Complete versus culprit-lesion-only percutaneous coronary intervention after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with multivessel disease. Resuscitation. Published 27 December 2024. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110471

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