Introduction Hyperoxia has recently been reported as an independent risk factor for mortality
in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest. We examined the independent relationship …

Background Resuscitation of refractory out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation/ventricular
tachycardia (VF/VT) cardiac arrest using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) …

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common initial presentation of cardiovascular
disease, affecting up to 325 000 people in the United States each year. 1 In a recent meta …

Although the occurrence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a young person is a rare event, it
is traumatic and often widely publicized. In recent years, SCD in this population has been …

Background Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in survivors of cardiac
arrest, where neuroinflammation is believed to play a pivotal role, but the underlying …

Aim To determine if early cardiac catheterization (CC) is associated with improved survival
in comatose patients who are resuscitated after cardiac arrest when electrocardiographic …

Cardiac arrest occurs in a wide variety of settings, from the unanticipated event in the out-of-
hospital setting to anticipated arrests in the intensive care unit. Outcome from cardiac arrest …

Background—Although the level of evidence of improvement is significant in cardiac arrest
patients resuscitated from a shockable rhythm (ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular …

Outcomes after cardiac arrest remain poor more than a half a century after closed chest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was first described. This review article is focused on …

Objectives: In a large cohort of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients without ST-
segment elevation (STE), the study assessed the relationship between the use of an early …