Coronary Angiography after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Without ST-Segment Elevation: One-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Clinical Trial

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  • Steffen Desch
  • Anne Freund
  • Ibrahim Akin
  • Michael Behnes
  • Michael R. Preusch
  • Thomas A. Zelniker
  • Carsten Skurk
  • Ulf Landmesser
  • Tobias Graf
  • Ingo Eitel
  • Georg Fuernau
  • Hendrik Haake
  • Peter Nordbeck
  • Fabian Hammer
  • Stephan B. Felix
  • Stephan Fichtlscherer
  • Jakob Ledwoch
  • Karsten Lenk
  • Michael Joner
  • Stephan Steiner
  • Christoph Liebetrau
  • Ingo Voigt
  • Uwe Zeymer
  • Michael Brand
  • Roland Schmitz
  • Jan Horstkotte
  • Claudius Jacobshagen
  • Janine Pöss
  • Mohamed Abdel-Wahab
  • Philipp Lurz
  • Alexander Jobs
  • Suzanne De Waha
  • Denise Olbrich
  • Frank Sandig
  • Inke R. König
  • Sabine Brett
  • Maren Vens
  • Kathrin Klinge
  • Holger Thiele

Importance: Myocardial infarction is a frequent cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The long-term effect of early coronary angiography on patients with OHCA with possible coronary trigger but no ST-segment elevation remains unclear. Objective: To compare the clinical outcomes of early unselective angiography with the clinical outcomes of a delayed or selective approach for successfully resuscitated patients with OHCA of presumed cardiac origin without ST-segment elevation at 1-year follow-up. Design, Setting, and Participants: The TOMAHAWK trial was a multicenter, international (Germany and Denmark), investigator-initiated, open-label, randomized clinical trial enrolling 554 patients between November 23, 2016, to September 20, 2019. Patients with stable return of spontaneous circulation after OHCA of presumed cardiac origin but without ST-segment elevation on the postresuscitation electrocardiogram were eligible for inclusion. A total of 554 patients were randomized to either immediate coronary angiography after hospital admission or an initial intensive care assessment with delayed or selective angiography after a minimum of 24 hours. All 554 patients were included in survival analyses during the follow-up period of 1 year. Secondary clinical outcomes were assessed only for participants alive at 1 year to account for the competing risk of death. Interventions: Early vs delayed or selective coronary angiography and revascularization if indicated. Main Outcomes and Measures: Evaluations in this secondary analysis included all-cause mortality after 1 year, as well as severe neurologic deficit, myocardial infarction, and rehospitalization for congestive heart failure in survivors at 1 year. Results: A total of 281 patients were randomized to the immediate angiography group and 273 to the delayed or selective group, with a median age of 70 years (IQR, 60-78 years). A total of 369 of 530 patients (69.6%) were male, and 268 of 483 patients (55.5%) had a shockable arrest rhythm. At 1 year, all-cause mortality was 60.8% (161 of 265) in the immediate angiography group and 54.3% (144 of 265) in the delayed or selective angiography group without significant difference between the treatment strategies, trending toward an increase in mortality with immediate angiography (hazard ratio, 1.25; 95% CI, 0.99-1.57; P =.05). For patients surviving until 1 year, the rates of severe neurologic deficit, myocardial infarction, and rehospitalization for congestive heart failure were similar between the groups. Conclusions and Relevance: This study found that a strategy of immediate coronary angiography does not provide clinical benefit compared with a delayed or selective invasive approach for patients 1 year after resuscitated OHCA of presumed coronary cause and without ST-segment elevation. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02750462.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJAMA Cardiology
Volume8
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)827-834
Number of pages8
ISSN2380-6583
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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