Shock After Successful Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Ventricular Fibrillation | Zendy

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Shock After Successful Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Ventricular Fibrillation

Author(s) -

Junji Yamaguchi,

Takamichi Miyamoto,

Yasunori Arai,

Tatsuhiko Hirao,

Tomoyuki Umemoto,

Yasuteru Yamauchi,

Shinichiro Suzaki,

Tohru Obayashi

Publication year - 2015

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.115.017080

Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , cardiology , interventional cardiology , medical emergency , emergency medicine , general surgery , nursing

A 63-year-old man was admitted to our emergency department with an episode of sudden cardiopulmonary arrest attributable to ventricular fibrillation (Figure 1). Before admission, cardiopulmonary resuscitation by a bystander and emergency personnel with two 200-J direct-current shocks was conducted; thereafter, spontaneous circulation returned. The patient’s vital signs and level of consciousness were normal at admission. ECG at admission revealed a sinus rhythm with ST elevation in leads aVR and V1, and ST depression in leads II, III, aVF, and V3 through 6. Echocardiography …

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