Etiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest diagnosed via detailed examinations including perimortem computed tomography

Abstract

Of the total OHCPA the incidences of NCE was 62.5%; the leading etiologies were AAD, airway obstruction, submersion, hypoxia and CVD. The rates of cases converted from cardiac etiology to NCE using perimortem CT were 14.6% of cases without an obvious NCE.