Coronary angiography findings in cardiac arrest patients with non-diagnostic post-resuscitation electrocardiogram: A comparison of shockable and non-shockable initial rhythms

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study patients n (%)

	All patients (n = 203)	Non-shockable rhythm (n = 55)	Shockable rhythm (n = 148)	P value
Age (mean ± SD)	62.9 ± 14	68.1 ± 13	61 ± 13.9	0.001
Male sex	147 (72.4)	36 (65.5)	111 (75)	0.176
Arterial hypertension	123 (60.6)	37 (67.3)	86 (58.1)	0.235
Diabetes mellitus	65 (32)	22 (40)	43 (29.1)	0.137
Dyslipidemia	80 (39.4)	26 (47.3)	54 (36.5)	0.162
Smoking	103 (50.7)	27 (49.1)	76 (51.4)	0.775
Peripheral vascular disease	23 (11.3)	7 (12.7)	16 (10.8)	0.702
Cerebrovascular vascular disease	18 (8.9)	6 (10.9)	12 (8.1)	0.533
Prior MI	45 (22.2)	14 (25.5)	31 (20.9)	0.780
Prior PCI	35 (17.2)	10 (18.2)	25 (16.9)	0.829
Prior CABG	22 (10.8)	7 (12.7)	15 (10.1)	0.597
Out-of-hospital SCA	124 (66.7)	30 (58.8)	94 (69.6)	0.163
Time to ROSC	17.8 ± 12.7	14.8 ± 11.9	19 ± 12.9	0.122
Witnessed arrest	157 (95.2)	40 (93)	117 (95.9)	0.450
Coma status at admission	148 (84.6)	40 (88.9)	108 (83.1)	0.352
Cardiogenic shock	48 (23.6)	18 (32.7)	30 (20.3)	0.063
Therapeutic hypothermia	71 (41.8)	14 (32.6)	57 (44.9)	0.402

Values are given as mean ± SD or n (%). MI: Myocardial infarction; PCI: Percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: Coronary artery bypass grafting; SCA: Sudden cardiac arrest; ROSC: Return of spontaneous circulation.