title: Successful treatment of a young woman with acute complicated myocardial infarction.
abstract: Therapeutic hypothermia is method used to improve the neurological status of patients who are at risk of ischaemia after myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 28-year-old woman who suffered acute myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular fibrillation. The patient was successfully resuscitated. Invasive and non-invasive medical treatment was applied including therapeutic hypothermia. Success was achieved due to adequate public reaction, fast transportation, blood vessel revascularization and application of therapeutic hypothermia. The patient was successfully discharged after one week of treatment, and just minor changes in heart function were present.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania ; Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vilnius University Hospital Santariškiu Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Pranas
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serpytis
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania ; Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vilnius University Hospital Santariškiu Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Akvile
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smigelskaite
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania ; Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vilnius University Hospital Santariškiu Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Aleksandras
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kibarskis
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania ; Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vilnius University Hospital Santariškiu Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Rimgaudas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Katkus
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania ; Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Vilnius University Hospital Santariškiu Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Robertas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samalavicius
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vilnius University Hospital Santariškiu Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Sigita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Glaveskaite
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vilnius University Hospital Santariškiu Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Gediminas
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rackauskas
keywords: cardiac arrest; therapeutic hypothermia; ventricular fibrillation