Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support in Resuscitations for Acute Myocardial Infarction with Cardiac Arrest

摘要

MORTALITY rate of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients could be as high as 80％,if present with or develop fatal arrhythmia and cardiac arrest.Some patients,despite the treatment with inotropes and intra-aortic balloon pump,are not hemodynamically stable enough to undergo emergent revascularization.The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can help stabilize circulation and respiration,which could be a potential solution for patients under such critical circumstances.In this paper,we describe the application of ECMO for the resuscitations of 4 cardiac arrested AMI cases.