title: Cardiac arrest during percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient 'resistant' to clopidogrel - successful 50-minute mechanical chest compression.
abstract: We report a case of 72-year-old female patient with end-stage chronic kidney disease, undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) that resulted in a cardiac arrest caused by a thrombus mediated flow limitation in the left coronary artery. With mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) PCI of the left main artery was performed successfully during 50 min cardiac arrest. The patient was discharged from the hospital without compromising cardiac function and neurological deficits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Protasiewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szymkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sciborski
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karolko
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jonkisz
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Arleta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebioda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mysiak
keywords: cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; percutaneous coronary intervention; thrombolitic therapy