Do implantable cardioverter-defibrillators improve survival in dialysis patients after cardiac arrest?

Peter A McCullough* and Abdul Wase

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Cardiac arrest accounts for 60% of deaths in ESRD patients and 30% of incident dialysis patients have had a serious cardiac arrhythmia in the 2 years before starting dialysis.¹ Among those who survive cardiac arrest, 1-year mortality reaches 83–87%.¹ Previous studies have shown that in the general population, the most important predictors of neurologic outcome and all-cause survival after cardiac arrest are hemodynamic and neurologic status on admission, and time to return of spontaneous circulation after resuscitation.^{2, 3}

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