Commotio cordis natural history, complications and prognosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maryam Hadipour, M.D.[2]

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Natural history, complications and prognosis

Natural history

Almost most of the patients with commotio cordis will die without any proper intervention. Prompt cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation are the main interventions which increase the survival rates.

Complications

  • Generally, it is assumed that if commotio cordis is successfully treated and recovered, no further heart complications will develop.
  • A study demonstrated that out of the total cases of commotio cordis with particularly prompt cardiopulmonary resuscitation/defibrillation, 71% experienced a full physical recovery, while the remaining 29% exhibited mild to moderate residual neurological disability or cardiac impairment (noted through a decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction) during the follow-up period spanning from 1 to 20 years[1].


Prognosis

  • Commotio cordis has a poor prognosis with only a small number of these victims surviving after immediate resuscitation. A continuous rise of survival rates due to commotio cordis is evident, shifting from 10%–15% before the year 2000 to more than 50% in 2012 l[2].
  • There is a 10 percent decline in survival rate in the first minute following the loss of consciousness. Five percent decline in survival rate in each following minute following the loss of consciousness[2].

References

  1. Maron BJ, Gohman TE, Kyle SB, Estes NA, Link MS (March 2002). "Clinical profile and spectrum of commotio cordis". JAMA. 287 (9): 1142–6. doi:10.1001/jama.287.9.1142. PMID 11879111.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Maron BJ, Haas TS, Ahluwalia A, Garberich RF, Estes NA, Link MS (February 2013). "Increasing survival rate from commotio cordis". Heart Rhythm. 10 (2): 219–23. doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.10.034. PMID 23107651.

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