Interventional hypothermia and primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with anterior wall ST elevation myocardial infarction and aborted sudden death

Michael Koutouzis; Nikolaos Nikolaou; Eustathios Lazaris; Spyridon Kourouklis; Zenon S Kyriakides

Interventional hypothermia and primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with anterior wall ST elevation myocardial infarction and aborted sudden death

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2007 Nov-Dec;48(6):377-9.

Authors

Michael Koutouzis¹, Nikolaos Nikolaou, Eustathios Lazaris, Spyridon Kourouklis, Zenon S Kyriakides

Affiliation

¹ Second Cardiology Department, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 18196663

Abstract

We present the case of a 38-year-old man who was successfully treated with interventional hypothermia and primary percutaneous coronary intervention after cardiac arrest and prolonged resuscitation, following an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods
Coronary Angiography
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Electrocardiography*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hypothermia, Induced / methods*
Male
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Myocardial Infarction / therapy*