Out-of-hospital extra-corporeal life support implantation during refractory cardiac arrest in a half-marathon runner

Guillaume Lebreton; Matteo Pozzi; Charles-Edouard Luyt; Jean Chastre; Pierre Carli; Alain Pavie; Pascal Leprince; Benoît Vivien

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.04.002

Out-of-hospital extra-corporeal life support implantation during refractory cardiac arrest in a half-marathon runner

Resuscitation. 2011 Sep;82(9):1239-42. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.04.002. Epub 2011 Apr 14.

Authors

Guillaume Lebreton¹, Matteo Pozzi, Charles-Edouard Luyt, Jean Chastre, Pierre Carli, Alain Pavie, Pascal Leprince, Benoît Vivien

Affiliation

¹ Service de Chirurgie Cardio-Thoracique, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, Paris, France.

PMID: 21536365
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.04.002

Abstract

For patients who present with an out-of-hospital refractory cardiac arrest, in-hospital extracorporeal life-support (ECLS) initiation represents an alternative therapy which allows significant survival. We describe here the first case of out-of-hospital ECLS implantation in a patient presenting with a refractory cardiac arrest during a road race. ECLS was initiated within the MICU ambulance 60 min after cardiac arrest and enabled restoration of cardiac output to 4.5 l min⁻¹. Coronarography revealed a severe isolated stenosis of the right coronary artery, which was treated by angioplasty. The cardiogenic shock resolved progressively, enabling ECLS weaning within 48h, while renal, hepatic, and respiratory functions recovered simultaneously.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / methods*
Emergency Medical Services / methods*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / diagnosis
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy*
Physical Exertion / physiology
Running
Treatment Failure