OBJECTIVE: A @entity1755 ( @entity1755 ) is associated with a high mortality rate. If cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is required before surgical repair, mortality rates are said to approach 100%. The aim of this multicenter, retrospective study was to study outcome in @entity1755 @entity1 who required CPR before a surgical (endovascular or open) repair (CPR group). @entity1755 @entity1 who did not need CPR served as controls (non-CPR group). METHODS: Over a 5-year time period, demographic and clinical characteristics and specifics of preoperative CPR if necessary were studied in all @entity1 who were treated for a @entity1755 in three large, nonacademic hospitals. RESULTS: A total of 199 consecutive @entity1755 @entity1 were available for analysis; 176 @entity1 were surgically treated. Thirteen of these 176 @entity1 (7.4%) needed CPR, and 163 (92.6%) did not. A 38.5% (5 of 13) survival rate was observed in the CPR group. Thirty-day mortality was almost three times greater in the CPR group compared with the non-CPR group (61.5% vs 22.7%; P  = .005). Both CPR @entity1 who received endovascular aortic repair survived. In contrast, survival in 11 CPR @entity1 who underwent open @entity1755 repair was 27% (3 of 11; P  = .128). A trend for higher Hardman index was found in @entity1 who received CPR compared with @entity1 who did not receive CPR (P  = .052). The 30-day mortality in @entity1 with a 0, 1, 2, or 3 Hardman index was 16.1%, 31.0%, 37.9%, and 33.3%, respectively (P  = .093). CONCLUSIONS: An @entity1755 that requires preoperative CPR is not necessarily a lethal combination. @entity1 selection must be tailored before surgery is denied.

A XXXX that requires preoperative cardiopulmonary resuscitation is not necessarily lethal.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'Patient'] @entity1755 :: ('MESH:D001019', 'Disease') :: ['RAAA', 'ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm']
@entity1755 :: (MESH:D001019,Disease) :: ['ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm']
