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Table 1 Characteristics and clinical course in OHCA patients with ECPR candidate for PEA

From: A novel extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation strategy using a hybrid emergency room for patients with pulseless electrical activity

Case

Age/sex

Time from hospital arrival to the end of CT (s)

Diagnosis

ECPR

Low-flow time (min)*

Exclusion before ECMO induction

Outcome

CPC scale

1

57/F

160

TBI (ASDH, Herniation)

No

Yes

Death

5

2

74/M

180

Cardiac rupture

No

Yes

Death

5

3

80/M

165

ACS (LMT)

Yes

40

Yes

Death

5

4

71/M

160

AAA rupture

No

Yes

Death

5

5

69/M

180

AAD-A, Cardiac tamponade

No

Yes

Death

5

6

73/M

158

AAD-A, Malperfusion of RCA

Yes

33

Yes

Survival

2

7

38/M

265

SAH

No

Yes

Death

5

8

66/M

160

Pulmonary embolism

Yes

21

Yes

Survival

1

9

43/M

248

AAD-A, Cardiac tamponade

No

Yes

Death

5

10

58/M

176

TAA rupture

No

Yes

Death

5

11

73/F

213

AAD-A,

No

Yes

Death

5

12

60/F

158

Cardiac tamponade SAH

No

Yes

Death

5

  1. OHCA Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, CT Computed tomography, ECPR Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ECMO Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary membrane, CPC Cerebral Performance Category, TBI Traumatic brain injury, ASDH Acute subdural haemorrhage, ACS Acute coronary syndrome, LMT Left main trunk, AAA Acute abdominal aneurysm, AAD-A Acute aortic dissection Stanford type A, RCA Right coronary artery, SAH Subarachnoid haemorrhage, TAA Thoracic aortic aneurysm
  2. *Low-flow time was defined as duration of cardiac arrest or predicted cardiac arrest to the establishment of ECMO support onset
  3. Survival and neurological outcomes were assessed at hospital discharge