title: Interventional hypothermia and primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with anterior wall ST elevation myocardial infarction and aborted sudden death.
abstract: We present the case of a 38-year-old man who was successfully treated with interventional hypothermia and primary percutaneous coronary intervention after cardiac arrest and prolonged resuscitation, following an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Second Cardiology Department, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koutouzis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikolaou
authors.forename: Eustathios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lazaris
authors.forename: Spyridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kourouklis
authors.forename: Zenon S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Kyriakides
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*