Myocardial Dysfunction and Shock after Cardiac Arrest

Table 1

Incidence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in adult survivors of cardiac arrest. LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction, LVSD = left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVEF < 50–60%), and NR = not reported.

Study	Year	Number of patients	% LVSD	Mean LVEF
Laurent et al. [14]	2002	148	NR	37.6%
Ruiz-Bailén et al. [15]	2005	29	69%	42%
Chang et al. [17]	2007	58	NR	53.7%
Gonzalez et al. [8]	2008	84	NR	32%
Gaieski et al. [18]	2009	22	NR	36.9%
Dumas et al. [16]	2012	308	72%	NR
Bro-Jeppesen et al. [20]	2014	154	NR	37%
Bro-Jeppesen et al. [21]	2015	523	75%	NR
Ameloot et al. [19]	2015	82	NR	42%