Successful percutaneous coronary intervention during cardiac arrest with use of an automated chest compression device: a case report

Abstract

Ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (VT/VF) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is associated with poor prognosis. Performing manual chest compressions is a serious obstacle for treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Here we introduce a case with refractory VT/VF where the patient was successfully treated with an automated chest compression device, which made revascularization with PCI possible.

Keywords:

• PCI
• LUCAS
• STEMI
• automatic chest compressions
• ventricular fibrillation
• mechanical CPR

Disclosure

The authors have no conflicts of interest in this work.