Should We Emergently Revascularize Occluded Coronaries for Cardiac Arrest?
Author(s) -
Eisuke Kagawa,
Keigo Dote,
Masaya Kato,
Shota Sasaki,
Yoshinori Nakano,
Masato Kajikawa,
Akifumi Higashi,
Kiho Itakura,
Akihiko Sera,
Ichiro Inoue,
Takuji Kawagoe,
Masaharu Ishihara,
Yuji Shimatani,
Satoshi Kurisu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.067538
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , cardiology , percutaneous coronary intervention , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation , resuscitation , return of spontaneous circulation , acute coronary syndrome , anesthesia , myocardial infarction
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may be useful in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, little is known about the combination of ECMO and intra-arrest PCI. This study investigated the efficacy of rapid-response ECMO and intra-arrest PCI in patients with cardiac arrest complicated by acute coronary syndrome who were unresponsive to conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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