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ABSTRACT: Background
Recent randomized controlled trials did not show benefit of early/immediate coronary angiography (CAG) over a delayed/selective strategy in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and no ST-segment elevation. However, whether selected subgroups, specifically those with a high pretest probability of coronary artery disease may benefit from early CAG remains unclear.Methods
We included all randomized controlled trials that compared a strategy of early/immediate versus delayed/selective CAG in OHCA patients and no ST elevation and had a follow-up of at least 30 days. The primary outcome of interest was all-cause death. Odds ratios (OR) were calculated and pooled across trials. Interaction testing was used to assess for heterogeneity of treatment effects.Results
In total, 1512 patients (67 years, 26% female, 23% prior myocardial infarction) were included from 5 randomized controlled trials. Early/immediate versus delayed/selective CAG was not associated with a statistically significant difference in odds of death (OR 1.12, 95%-CI 0.91-1.38), with similar findings for the composite outcome of all-cause death or neurological deficit (OR 1.10, 95%-CI 0.89-1.36). There was no effect modification for death by age, presence of a shockable initial cardiac rhythm, history of coronary artery disease, presence of an ischemic event as the presumed cause of arrest, or time to return of spontaneous circulation (all P-interaction > 0.10). However, early/immediate CAG tended to be associated with higher odds of death in women (OR 1.52, 95%-CI 1.00-2.31, P = 0.050) than in men (OR 1.04, 95%-CI 0.82-1.33, P = 0.74; P-interaction 0.097).Conclusion
In OHCA patients without ST-segment elevation, a strategy of early/immediate versus delayed/selective CAG did not reduce all-cause mortality across major subgroups. However, women tended to have higher odds of death with early CAG.
SUBMITTER: Hamidi F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10954865 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hamidi Fardin F Anwari Elaaha E Spaulding Christian C Hauw-Berlemont Caroline C Vilfaillot Aurélie A Viana-Tejedor Ana A Kern Karl B KB Hsu Chiu-Hsieh CH Bergmark Brian A BA Qamar Arman A Bhatt Deepak L DL Furtado Remo H M RHM Myhre Peder L PL Hengstenberg Christian C Lang Irene M IM Frey Norbert N Freund Anne A Desch Steffen S Thiele Holger H Preusch Michael R MR Zelniker Thomas A TA
Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society 20230727 4
<h4>Background</h4>Recent randomized controlled trials did not show benefit of early/immediate coronary angiography (CAG) over a delayed/selective strategy in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and no ST-segment elevation. However, whether selected subgroups, specifically those with a high pretest probability of coronary artery disease may benefit from early CAG remains unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>We included all randomized controlled trials that compared a strategy of early/immedia ...[more]