Research Conducted at Hanyang University Has Provided New Information about Heart Attack (Clinical Paper Long-term Prognosis and Causes of Death Among Survivors After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: a Population-based Longitudinal Study): Heart Disorders and Diseases – Heart Attack

2022 APR 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily -- Data detailed on Heart Disorders and Diseases - Heart Attack have been presented. According to news reporting from Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “We aimed to identify the long-term prognosis and causes of death of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors. Using claims data from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) database, we included 4937 OHCA patients (aged > 18 years) who were hospitalized between January 2005 and December 2015 and had survived for 30 days or more.”

Financial support for this research came from National Research Foundation of Korea.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Hanyang University, “The endpoints were long-term mortality and causes of death. Subgroup analyses were performed based on whether cardiac procedures were performed, and risk factors associated with cardiac and noncardiac deaths were identified. We followed 4937 OHCA patients for a median of 3.3 years and up to 14 years of follow-up. The all-cause 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year cumulative mortality were 35.2%, 46.5%, 52.3%, and 62.7%, respectively. Regarding the 1130 OHCA survivors who had undergone cardiac procedures, the all-cause 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year cumulative mortality were 10.7%, 16.9%, 21.4%, and 30.6%, respectively. More patients (56.2%) died from noncardiovascular causes than from cardiovascular causes (43.8%) among the 2738 total patients who had died. The proportion of patients with cardiac death was significantly higher in the patient group with a cardiac procedure than in the group without a cardiac procedure (49.6% vs. 31.7%; P value < 0.001). A higher Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) was associated with an increased risk of cardiac mortality in the cardiac procedure group. The long-term mortality among OHCA survivors remains high, particularly within the first year.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Individual characteristics are crucial for the follow-up of OHCA survivors and may help improve their long-term prognosis.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Clinical Paper Long-term Prognosis and Causes of Death Among Survivors After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: a Population-based Longitudinal Study. Resuscitation, 2022;173:31-38. Resuscitation can be contacted at: Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Elsevier House, Brookvale Plaza, East Park Shannon, Co, Clare, 00000, Ireland. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Resuscitation - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/resuscitation/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jaehoon Oh, Hanyang University, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni Ro St, Seoul 04763, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Yongil Cho, Jeong-Hun Shin, Jin-Kyu Park, Byung Sik Kim, Jun Ho Lee, Jae Hwan Kim and Minae Park.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.02.005. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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