Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2018
Multicenter Study Observational StudyEffect of known history of heart disease on survival outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
We aimed to investigate the effect of known heart disease on post-out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival outcomes, and its association with factors influencing survival. ⋯ Known heart disease independently predicted poorer post-OHCA survival. This study may provide information to guide future prospective studies specifically looking at family education for patients with heart disease and the effect on OHCA outcomes.