Prognostic implication of early ejection fraction on long-term mortality and quality of life following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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.
Khan
Akbar H
AH
Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Bunch
T Jared
TJ
White
Roger D
RD
Packer
Douglas L
DL
D000368:Aged; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D013318:Stroke Volume