'Why we do What we do in Cardiology'

Cardiac arrest: Expedited transfer to a cardiac arrest center for non-ST-elevation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest-The ARREST trial: The Lancet, August 2023

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Key Points from ARREST trial findings:

  • The study included 862 patients who were resuscitated after a cardiac arrest.
  • The patients were randomly assigned to be taken to either a well-resourced cardiac arrest center or the nearest emergency department.
  • The primary outcome of the study was survival to 30 days. The secondary outcome was survival to 90 days.
  • There was no difference in the survival rate between the two groups of patients (63% in the cardiac arrest center group vs. 63% in the emergency department group).
  • The authors of the study say that the results suggest that there is no need to transport patients to a cardiac arrest center after a cardiac arrest if the nearest emergency department can provide the same level of care.


    • Link to the reference article:

    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01351-X

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