Prognostic implication of early ejection fraction on long-term mortality and quality of life following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Akbar H Khan; T Jared Bunch; Roger D White; Douglas L Packer

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.010

Prognostic implication of early ejection fraction on long-term mortality and quality of life following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Apr 15;93(8):1027-30. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.010.

Authors

Akbar H Khan¹, T Jared Bunch, Roger D White, Douglas L Packer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 15081448
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.010

Abstract

In this study of a unique cohort of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors with ventricular fibrillation, the initial ejection fraction was predictive of increased long-term mortality. However, overall long-term quality-of-life was favorable and independent of the ejection fraction.

MeSH terms

Aged
Emergencies
Female
Heart Arrest / mortality*
Heart Arrest / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Quality of Life*
Stroke Volume*