Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest--the relevance of XXXX . The Maastricht Circulatory Arrest Registry.

@entity1164 @entity1 @entity712 @entity944 @entity299
AIMS: To describe the incidence and aetiology of @entity712 in out-of-hospital @entity1164 ( @entity1164 ) in the Maastricht area of the Netherlands. METHODS: All cases of @entity1164 were studied in the age group 20 to 75 years between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2000. Demographic characteristics, aetiology and clinical features, related to @entity712 were studied. RESULTS: Four hundred and ninety-two @entity1 were included (72% @entity1 ), mean age of 62+/-10. The yearly incidence of @entity1164 was 9.2/10,000 inhabitants. @entity944 represented 19% of all deaths, occurring in the same time period. In 52% of the @entity1 and 59% of @entity1 , @entity1164 was the first manifestation of @entity299 . In the @entity1164 group with a cardiac history overt @entity712 was present in 26% of the cases, the time interval between the first @entity712 episode and @entity1164 being 4.3+/-6.3 year. In the @entity712 group the majority had previously been in a poor functional class and LVEF. Concerning aetiology, of the @entity1164 group, 77% were known with CAD and 72% with an old MI. Also in the group with a LVEF >50% CAD was the most frequent cause. CONCLUSIONS: There is an increased risk of @entity1164 at poorer pump function and most @entity1164 victims with previous @entity712 are in a poor functional class @entity1164 . However @entity712 is seen in only a minority of the @entity1164 population. CAD is by far the most common cause of @entity1164 .
