Title of article
Cangrelor bridging strategy for liver damage after mechanical chest compression
Author/Authors
Francesco Cereda, Alberto Department of Cardiovascular - ASST della Valtellina e dell'Alto Lario - Sondrio - Italy , Morici, Nuccia Intensive Cardiac Care Unit and De Gasperis Cardio Center - ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health - Università degli Studi di Milano - Milan - Italy , Aseni, Paolo Department of Emergency - ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda - Milan - Italy , Chiara, Osvaldo Department of General Surgery and Trauma Team - ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda - Milan - Italy
Pages
2
From page
5008
To page
5009
Abstract
A 48-year-old woman admitted herself with chest pain to
the emergency department where she subsequently collapsed.
She was in refractory ventricular fibrillation (Fig. 1-a1), and after 15 min of conventional CPR, a mechanical compression device (Fig. 1-a2) was applied, with return of spontaneous circulation after 25 min. EKG highlighted an anterior ST-elevation, with
severe post-resuscitation myocardial dysfunction observed on
Echo (Fig. 1-a3)
Keywords
Cardiac Arrest , Mechanical Chest Compression , Liver Injury , Cangrelor , Bridging therapy
Journal title
The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology: Andolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi
Serial Year
2019
Record number
2590501
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