Impact of age on management and prognosis of resuscitated sudden cardiac death patients

• Published in: International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature 2022-06, Vol.40, p.101036-101036, Article 101036
• Main Authors: Sans Roselló, Jordi, Vidal-Burdeus, Maria, Loma-Osorio, Pablo, Pons Riverola, Alexandra, Bonet Pineda, Gil, El Ouaddi, Nabil, Aboal, Jaime, Ariza Solé, Albert, Scardino, Claudia, García-García, Cosme, Fernández-Peregrina, Estefanía, Sionis, Alessandro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Elderly patients; Neurological outcomes; Original Paper; Sudden cardiac death
• ISSN: 2352-9067; 2352-9067
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101036

Sudden cardiac death in elderly people. IHCA: in-hospital cardiac arrest; NSE: neuron specific enolase; SSEP-N20: somatosensory evoked potentials N20; brain MRI: brain magnetic resonance imaging. [Display omitted] Sudden cardiac death (SCD) has a great impact on healthcare due to cardiologic and neurological complications. Admissions of elderly people in Cardiology Intensive Care Units have increased. We assessed the impact of age in presentation, therapeutic management and in vital and neurological prognosis of SCD patients. We carried out a retrospective, observational, multicenter registry of patients who were admitted with a SCD in 5 tertiary hospitals from January 2013 to December 2020. We divided our cohort into two groups (patients  1 at admission, time to CPR initiation > 5 min, time to ROSC > 20 min and lactate > 2 mmol/L were independent predictors for in-hospital mortality. Non-shockable rhythm, Killip class > 1 at admission, time to CPR initiation > 5 min and time to ROSC > 20 min but not age were independent predictors for poor neurological outcomes. Age determined a less aggressive management and it was associated with a worse vital prognosis in patients admitted with a SCD. Nevertheless, age was not associated with worse neurological outcomes.