Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction possibly caused by coronary vasospasm

• Published in: Journal of cardiology cases Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 10 - 13
• Main Authors: Ozaki, Tatsuhisa, Ueda, Yasunori, Kosugi, Shumpei, Abe, Haruhiko, Mishima, Tsuyoshi, Takayasu, Kohtaro, Ohashi, Takuya, Yamane, Haruya, Nakamura, Masayuki, Fukushima, Takashi, Horiuchi, Kohei, Ukai, Kazuho, Sakamoto, Mai, Date, Motoo, Koretsune, Yukihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2022; Japanese College of Cardiology
• Subjects: Cardiac arrest; Case Report; Myocardial infarction; Vasospasm; Myocardial infarction; Vasospasm; Cardiac arrest

A 60-year-old man with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was transported to our hospital by an emergency medical service. Ventricular fibrillation was finally terminated after the initiation of circulation support by percutaneous cardiopulmonary support device. Although acute myocardial infarction was...