Arrhythmia, Sudden Cardiac Death, Survival
Conditions
Brief summary
Sudden cardiac death is the most frequent cause of death in industrialized countries. The most efficient interventiont in ventricular fibrillation is defibrillation in an appropriate timely manner. But since the intervention of defibrillation the optimal shock energy is unknown. As a too low energy is not able to terminate ventricular fibrillation a too high energy may cause asystole wich jeopardizes survival itself. We study the efficacy of different shock energies on the termination of ventricular fibrillatiion and survival.
Interventions
PROCEDUREshock efficacy
Sponsors
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
* out of hospital sudden cardiac death * ventricular fibrillation
Exclusion criteria
* non cardiac death * asystole
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| termination of vf survival | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| resulting rhythm CPC score | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Primary ContactDirk Müller, MD, PhD
Backup ContactHans-Richard Arntz, MD, PhD
Outcome results
None listed