Cardiac resuscitation with percutaneous cardiopulmonary support.
Percutaneous cardiopulmonary support (CPS) was initiated in 9 patients to provide haemodynamic stability after failure of conventional resuscitation. 4 patients were in cardiogenic shock and 4 remained in asystole, with 1 in resistant ventricular fibrillation, after cardiac arrest. During CPS for those in cardiogenic shock, the mean intra-arterial pressures ranged from 65 to 100 mm Hg (mean 84), at flow rates of between 3 to 5 l/min (mean 3.9). 2 patients underwent technically successful coronary angioplasty. No patient in this group survived. In the cardiac arrest group, acceptable mean intra-arterial blood pressures were achieved (mean 95, range 90-100 mm Hg) at flow rates of between 2 to 3 l/min (mean 2.6). All 5 subjects underwent technically successful coronary angioplasty whilst on CPS. 4 survived. 2 were alive and well at 12 months follow-up, 1 of whom had returned to work; the third is alive and well at 4 months.
Rees
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MR
Cardiac Research Unit, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Browne
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Sivananthan
U M
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Whittaker
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S
Hick
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D
Verma
S P
SP
Tan
L B
LB
Davies
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008021:Life Support Systems; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000628:therapy*