Changes in paced signals may predict in-hospital cardiac arrest (original) (raw)

Abstract

Background: An increasing number of patients with chronic illnesses have implanted cardiac rhythm devices such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). This study was conducted to identify potentially useful predictors of in-hospital cardiac arrest (I-HCA) within paced electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from cardiovascular patients with implanted medical devices. Methods: In this retrospective study of 17 subjects, full-disclosure ECG traces prior to the time of documented I-HCA were analyzed to determine R-R intervals and QRS durations (QRSd). Results: Ventricular paced QRSd prolongation was observed prior to I-HCA in 10/16 (63%) subjects. QRSd was significantly greater immediately preceding cardiac arrest than during each of the 8 hours prior to cardiac arrest (P < 0.05). Heart rate changes (measured using standard deviation) within 15 minutes of cardiac arrest were significantly greater in subjects with pulseless electrical activity (PEA)/asystolic arrest compared to those with cardiac arrests due to ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) (10.13 vs 3.31; P = 0.024). Significant differences over the 8 hours preceding cardiac arrest in heart rate (74 vs 86 beats/min; P = 0.002) and QRS duration (172 ms vs 137 ms; P < 0.001) were observed between subjects with initial rhythms of VT/VF and those with initial rhythms of PEA/asystole. Conclusions: Patterns of diagnostic ECG features can be extracted from the telemetry data of patients with implanted medical devices prior to adverse events including I-HCA. The detection of these significant changes might have an immediate prognostic impact on the timely treatment of some patients at risk of adverse events.

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