title: Successful cardiac and cerebral resuscitation with extracorporeal circulation and mild hypothermia.
abstract: Extracorporeal circulation could be effective for cardiac resuscitation in patients who do not respond to ''Advanced cardiac life support'' (ACLS), but cannot guarantee brain survival. A case of successful cardiac and cerebral resuscitation with extracorporeal circulation and mild hypothermia, in a 48 year-old man with cardiac arrest due to cardiac tamponade, is reported. The good long term neurologic outcome of the patient is also described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Postoperative Intensive Care, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece. keme42002@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arnaoutoglou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petrou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tefa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Drossos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsagas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome