简介：Coronaryangiographyaftercardiacarrestisimportanttoascertainpotentialtreatablecausesofcardiacarrest,salvagemyocardium,andpotentiallyincreaselong-termsurvival.Thecauseofadultout-of-hospitalcardiacarrestistypicallymyocardialischemia.Morethan50%ofsuchresuscitatedindividualswillhaveanacutelyoccludedepicardialcoronaryonemergencycoronaryangiography.ThisincludesthreeinfourwithST-segmentelevationandoneinthreewithoutSTsegmentelevation.Inthelattertheonlyreliablemethodofdetectioniscoronaryangiography.Numerouscohortstudies,nowincludingmorethan8000patients,haveshownanassociationbetweensurvivalandearlycoronaryangiographyand/orpercutaneouscoronaryintervention.Publicreportingofpercutaneouscoronaryintervention30-daymortalityrateshasbeenanimpedimentforextendingthistherapytoallresuscitatedindividualswhoexperiencedout-of-hospitalcardiacarrest,sincecurrentdatabasestodofullyrisk-adjustratesforthissubgroup.Sincereeffortsareunderwaytocorrectthissituation.