title: [A combination of cardiac arrest and cerebral haemorrhage treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation].
abstract: A 46-year-old, healthy woman with sudden hemiplegia and nausea suffered cardiac arrest during transport to the hospital. This was treated en route with LUCAS-2. A computed tomography ruled out cerebral haemorrhage, and an electricardiogramme showed inferior myocardial infarction. During percutaneous intervention the patient had another cardiac arrest. Despite revascularization she was very unstable and received more than 20 cardioversions of ventricular fibrillation. In the catheterization laboratory, the patient was connected to a heart lung machine (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) while treated with LUCAS-2. After two months of hospitalization, the patient was able to walk and had minor cognitive impairment.
authors.affiliation: Kardiologisk Afdeling, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Skejby, Brendstrupgårdsvej 100, 8200 Aarhus N. karsten.veien@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk.
authors.forename: Karsten Tange
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Veien
authors.forename: Christian Juhl
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Terkelsen
authors.forename: Lars Bo
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ilkjær
mesh_terms: D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D056989:Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged