Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Preoperative Risk Prediction Score for and In-Hospital Clinical Outcomes of Reperfusion Ventricular Fibrillation After Release of Aortic Cross-Clamps: A Retrospective Study
Authors' conclusion
More attention should be given to reperfusion VF due to an adverse postoperative prognosis, and the developed risk score model may predict this risk.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery1,024 enrolled
- Participants
- 823 patients
- Exposure
- Reperfusion ventricular fibrillation (VF) vs no reperfusion VF
- Outcome
- Risk score model to predict reperfusion VF after release of aortic cross-clamps
Methodological detailsconsecutive patients, risk score development
- Consecutive patients
- Risk score development
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Predictors of reperfusion VF
High score (>6) predicted VF occurrence in patients
greater than 65%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
In-hospital outcomes of reperfusion VF
- Reperfusion VF increased risk of in-hospital cardiovascular death
- P = 0.03
- Reperfusion VF increased risk of postoperative RRT
- P = 0.022
Original publication
Preoperative Risk Prediction Score for and In-Hospital Clinical Outcomes of Reperfusion Ventricular Fibrillation After Release of Aortic Cross-Clamps: A Retrospective Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 30 September 2022. doi:10.
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