[Emergent coronary artery bypass grafting in a survivor of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest]

Kyobu Geka. 2007 Feb;60(2):97-101.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of emergent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in a survivor of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. A 64-year-old male driver lost consciousness and collapsed in a rice paddy field. A bystander placed him in a car and immediately started cardiopulmonary resuscitation after confirming the presence of pulselessness and apnea. Emergency medical service providers performed a defibrillation of ventricular fibrillation by using an automated external defibrillator (AED), and the patient was transferred to the critical care center in our hospital. Coronary angiography revealed a thrombus in the left main trunk (LMT), total occlusion of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the right coronary artery (RCA), and 90% stenosis of the left circumflex artery (Cx). Since the patient recovered consciousness 1 hour after admission and did not undergo any critical trauma, an on-pump CABG was performed for 3 vessels. He was discharged on the postoperative day 23, and he resumed a normal life.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Emergency Medical Services*
  • Heart Arrest / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Survivors
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / surgery