Abstract 81: Early Access to Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory for Patients Resuscitated from Cardiac Arrest Due to a Shockable Rhythm: The Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium Twin Cities Unified Protocol Two-Year Report

Abstract only Background: Cardiac arrest patients that have been successfully resuscitated from shockable rhythms have a high prevalence of thrombotic and/or flow limiting coronary occlusion regardless of the presence of STEMI on the ECG. In 2012, the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium (MRC) develop...

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Published in:Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2014-11, Vol.130 (suppl_2)
Main Authors: Yannopoulos, Demetris, Garcia, Santiago, Mahoney, Brian, Frascone, Ralph J, Helmer, Greg, Lick, Charles, Conterato, Marc, Baran, Kenneth W, Bart, Bradley, Roh, Steven, Panetta, Carmelo, Stark, Randall, Haughland, Mark, Mooney, Michael
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Summary:Abstract only Background: Cardiac arrest patients that have been successfully resuscitated from shockable rhythms have a high prevalence of thrombotic and/or flow limiting coronary occlusion regardless of the presence of STEMI on the ECG. In 2012, the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium (MRC) developed an organized approach for all those patients to gain early access to the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL). We report the two-year outcomes. Methods: Eleven metropolitan hospitals with 24/7 PCI capabilities agreed to provide early (within 2 hours of arrival to the emergency department) access to the CCL for all patients that were successfully resuscitated from VF/VT arrest regardless of the presence or absence of STEMI on the surface ECG. Inclusion criteria were: witnessed or un-witnessed, age >18 and
ISSN:0009-7322
1524-4539
DOI:10.1161/circ.130.suppl_2.81