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Case Report: Extended cardiopulmonary resuscitation in sudden cardiac arrest after acute myocardial infarction

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) mostly occurs in crowded public places outside hospitals, such as public sports facilities, airports, railway stations, subway stations, and shopping malls. Fortunately, there was no obvious stenosis in the right coronary artery.

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Guidelines would (erroneously) say that this patient who was defibrillated and resuscitated does not need emergent angiography

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A patient had a cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation and was successfully defibrillated. This is FAR LESS than all other studies of shockable arrest. Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation. The proof of this is that only 5% of patients enrolled had acute coronary occlusion.

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Case Report: Sudden very late-onset near fatal PD1 inhibitor-associated myocarditis with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after >2.5 years of pembrolizumab treatment

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

years and was admitted after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation. After successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the initial diagnostic work-up showed elevated cardiac enzymes and a limited left-ventricular ejection fraction, while coronary angiography did not show relevant stenosis.

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Cardiac arrest, defibrillated, diffuse ST depression and ST Elevation in aVR. Why?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

ST depression is common BOTH after resuscitation from cardiac arrest and during atrial fib with RVR. Again, it is common to have an ECG that shows apparent subendocardial ischemia after resuscitation from cardiac arrest, after defibrillation, and after cardioversion. The patient was cardioverted. This was done.

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ECG Blog #415 — The Cath showed NO Occlusion!

Ken Grauer, MD

Shortly after arrival in the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) — she suffered a cardiac arrest. BUT — Cardiac catheterization done a little later did not reveal any significant stenosis. Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case — obtained after successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest. (

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Cardiac arrest: even after the angiogram, the diagnosis is not always clear

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Cardiac arrest can cause diffuse subendocardial ischemia, usually transient (it often resolves as time goes by after ROSC). Also, anterior MI could result from 1) ACS, but also from 2) severe ischemia due to combination of a hemodynamically significant LAD stenosis + severe hypotension during cardiac arrest.

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Myocardial Bridging

The New England Journal of Medicine

A 66-year-old man was transferred to a hospital after a cardiac arrest. Coronary angiography (shown in a video) revealed 50% stenosis in the middle LAD coronary artery during diastole with complete occlusion during systole.