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  • Title: Predictive value of amplitude spectrum area of ventricular fibrillation waveform in patients with acute or previous myocardial infarction in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
    Author: Hulleman M, Salcido DD, Menegazzi JJ, Souverein PC, Tan HL, Blom MT, Koster RW.
    Journal: Resuscitation; 2017 Nov; 120():125-131. PubMed ID: 28844935.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Amplitude spectrum area (AMSA) of ventricular fibrillation (VF) has been associated with survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Ischemic heart disease has been shown to change AMSA. We studied whether the association between AMSA and survival changes with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) as cause of the OHCA and/or previous MI. METHODS: Multivariate logistic regression with log-transformed AMSA of first artifact-free VF segment was used to assess the association between AMSA and survival, according to presence of STEMI or previous MI, adjusting for resuscitation characteristics, medication use and comorbidities. RESULTS: Of 716 VF-patients included from an OHCA-registry in the Netherlands, 328 (46%) had STEMI as cause of OHCA. Previous MI was present in 186 (26%) patients. Survival was 66%; neither previous MI (P=0.11) nor STEMI (P=0.78) altered survival. AMSA was a predictor of survival (ORadj: 1.52, 95%-CI: 1.28-1.82). STEMI was associated with lower AMSA (8.4mV-Hz [3.7-16.5] vs. 12.3mV-Hz [5.6-23.0]; P<0.001), but previous MI was not (9.5mV-Hz [3.9-18.0] vs 10.6mV-Hz [4.6-19.3]; P=0.27). When predicting survival, there was no interaction between previous MI and AMSA (P=0.14). STEMI and AMSA had a significant interaction (P=0.002), whereby AMSA was no longer a predictor of survival (ORadj: 1.03, 95%-CI: 0.77-1.37) in STEMI-patients. In patients without STEMI, higher AMSA was associated with higher survival rates (ORadj: 1.80, 95%-CI: 1.39-2.35). CONCLUSIONS: The prognostic value of AMSA is altered by the presence of STEMI: while AMSA has strong predictive value in patients without STEMI, AMSA is not a predictor of survival in STEMI-patients.
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