title: Cervical anterior spinal artery syndrome associated with cardiopulmonary arrest.
abstract: Nontraumatic spinal cord ischemia is uncommon, especially when the cervical cord is involved. We present an elderly man who sustained acute occlusion of the anterior spinal artery at a high cervical level. This was followed by a respiratory arrest due to the paralysis of the diaphragm and chest wall muscles. A review of the vascular supply to the cord and of nontraumatic ischemic myelopathy is provided.
authors.affiliation: George Washington--Georgetown Universities Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Pigman
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shepherd
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D012151:Resuscitation; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*