Incidence, correlates, and outcome of cardiac arrest associated with percutaneous coronary intervention

Abstract

Prior reports have examined predictors of in-hospital mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Predictors include acute myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, prior cardiac arrest (CA), renal insufficiency, low ejection fraction, peripheral vascular disease, multivessel disease, visible thrombus, women, and advanced age, among others.1–5 Although information is available with regard to determinants of periprocedural mortality, limited information is available with regard to CA. Although CA may lead to mortality, this is not always the case. We examined the incidence, correlates, and outcome of CA in a large unselected population of patients who underwent contemporary PCI.