Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiac Arrest: Utilization of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Alisha Alabre-Bonsu; Saurav Uppal; Ernest L Mazzaferri Jr; Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas

doi:10.1155/2022/2462781

Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiac Arrest: Utilization of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Case Rep Cardiol. 2022 Feb 17:2022:2462781. doi: 10.1155/2022/2462781. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Alisha Alabre-Bonsu¹, Saurav Uppal¹, Ernest L Mazzaferri Jr¹, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Abstract

A 44-year-old male with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to an acute left ventricular (LV) inferoposterior wall myocardial infarction (MI) involving the right ventricle (RV) is presented. This case highlights the challenges in the management of patients with cardiac arrest, indications for use of ventricular assist devices, potential effects of LV assist devices on the RV in the setting of RV MI, and culprit versus complete coronary artery revascularization in these patients.

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Case Reports