• Sandra Carvajal, Jaime Quintero, Edward Ocampo, Pablo Perafán, Daniel Carvajal, and Luis Fernando Pava.
• Departamento de Medicina Crítica, Fundación Valle del Lili, Colombia.
• Rev Med Chil. 2020 Jun 1; 148 (6): 772-777.

BackgroundThe use of implantable cardiac devices in patients with sudden cardiac arrest has contributed to their survival.AimTo determine the survival rate at 30 days and one year after hospital discharge of patients who had a cardiac arrest with subsequent placement of an implantable cardiac device.Material And MethodsTwenty-three patients older than 18 years who presented sudden extra-institutional or intra-institutional death with subsequent implantation of an implantable cardiac device and whose survival was recorded at 30 days and one year, were included. A univariate analysis was performed.ResultsEighteen patients had an extra institutional cardiac arrest. All patients were discharged alive. We could not ascertain the health status of one patient at follow-up. Twenty-one patients had a Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) of 1 at discharge. One patient died of a stroke within 30 days and one patient died due to an arrhythmic electrical storm one year later. Twenty patients survived at least one year after hospital discharge.ConclusionsSurvival at 30 days and one year, was high in patients with sudden death or cardiac arrest who required intracardiac devices.

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