Influence of cardiac arrest and SCAI shock stage on cardiac intensive care unit mortality

Background Patients with concomitant cardiac arrest (CA) and shock are at increased risk of mortality, even when stratified according to shock severity. We sought to determine whether the presence of ventricular fibrillation (VF) modified the relationship between CA and mortality in cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) patients. Methods We retrospectively analyzed unique Mayo Clinic CICU patients admitted between 2007 and 2015. Society for...