TY - JOUR
T1 - Survival advantage from ventricular fibrillation and pulseless electrical activity in women compared to men
T2 - The oregon sudden unexpected death study
AU - Teodorescu, Carmen
AU - Reinier, Kyndaron
AU - Uy-Evanado, Audrey
AU - Ayala, Jo
AU - Mariani, Ronald
AU - Wittwer, Lynn
AU - Gunson, Karen
AU - Jui, Jonathan
AU - Chugh, Sumeet S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge the significant contribution of American Medical Response, Portland/ Gresham fire departments, and the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s office. This study was funded in part by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute R01HL088416, R01 HL088416-03S1, and R01 HL105170 to Dr. Chugh. This work was also supported by an Award from the American Heart Association and Philips Healthcare to Dr. Teodorescu. Dr. Chugh is the Pauline and Harold Price Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Objective Studies evaluating a possible survival advantage from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in women have produced mixed results possibly due to a lack of comprehensive analyses. We hypothesized that race, socioeconomic status (SES), and elements of the lifetime clinical history influence gender effects and need to be incorporated within analyses of survival. Methods Cases of SCA were identified from the ongoing, prospective, multiple-source Oregon Sudden Unexpected Death Study (population approximately one million). Subjects included were age ≥18 years who underwent attempted resuscitation by EMS providers. Pearson's chi-square tests and independent samples t tests or analysis of variance were used for univariate comparisons. We evaluated gender and race differences in survival adjusted for age, circumstances of arrest, disease burden, and socioeconomic status using a logistic regression model predicting survival. Results A total of 1,296 cases had resuscitation attempted (2002-2007; mean age 65 years, male 67%). Women were older than men (68 vs. 63 years, p<0.0001) and were more likely to have return of spontaneous circulation (41% vs. 33%, p00.004). Women were more likely to present with pulseless electrical activity (PEA) and asystole (p<0.0001), and overall, PEAwas more common among African Americans (p00.04). Higher survival to hospital discharge was observed in women compared to men presenting with ventricular fibrillation/ tachycardia (34% vs. 24%, p00.02) or with PEA (10% vs. 3%, p00.007). In a multivariate model adjusting for age, race, presenting arrhythmia, arrest circumstances, arrest location, disease burden, and SES, women were more likely than men to survive to hospital discharge [odds ratio 1.85; 95% confidence interval (1.12-3.04)]. Conclusions Despite older age, higher prevalence of SCA in the home, and higher rates of PEA, women had a survival advantage from ventricular fibrillation and pulseless electrical activity.
AB - Objective Studies evaluating a possible survival advantage from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in women have produced mixed results possibly due to a lack of comprehensive analyses. We hypothesized that race, socioeconomic status (SES), and elements of the lifetime clinical history influence gender effects and need to be incorporated within analyses of survival. Methods Cases of SCA were identified from the ongoing, prospective, multiple-source Oregon Sudden Unexpected Death Study (population approximately one million). Subjects included were age ≥18 years who underwent attempted resuscitation by EMS providers. Pearson's chi-square tests and independent samples t tests or analysis of variance were used for univariate comparisons. We evaluated gender and race differences in survival adjusted for age, circumstances of arrest, disease burden, and socioeconomic status using a logistic regression model predicting survival. Results A total of 1,296 cases had resuscitation attempted (2002-2007; mean age 65 years, male 67%). Women were older than men (68 vs. 63 years, p<0.0001) and were more likely to have return of spontaneous circulation (41% vs. 33%, p00.004). Women were more likely to present with pulseless electrical activity (PEA) and asystole (p<0.0001), and overall, PEAwas more common among African Americans (p00.04). Higher survival to hospital discharge was observed in women compared to men presenting with ventricular fibrillation/ tachycardia (34% vs. 24%, p00.02) or with PEA (10% vs. 3%, p00.007). In a multivariate model adjusting for age, race, presenting arrhythmia, arrest circumstances, arrest location, disease burden, and SES, women were more likely than men to survive to hospital discharge [odds ratio 1.85; 95% confidence interval (1.12-3.04)]. Conclusions Despite older age, higher prevalence of SCA in the home, and higher rates of PEA, women had a survival advantage from ventricular fibrillation and pulseless electrical activity.
KW - Pulseless electrical activity
KW - Resuscitation
KW - Sudden cardiac arrest
KW - Survival
KW - Ventricular fibrillation
KW - Women
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U2 - 10.1007/s10840-012-9669-2
DO - 10.1007/s10840-012-9669-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 22406930
AN - SCOPUS:84864703744
SN - 1383-875X
VL - 34
SP - 219
EP - 225
JO - Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
JF - Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
IS - 3
ER -