Archive · 20 Jun 2025
ECMO-CPR Saves 62-Year-Old Man After Heart Attack
Imagine a man had a really bad heart attack, and his heart stopped working.
Doctors used a special machine called ECMO-CPR to help his body.
This machine acted like his heart and lungs, giving him time.
Doctors then fixed the blocked blood vessels in his heart.
He had some problems with his heart rhythm later, but doctors fixed that too.
He got better and went home after being in the hospital for a while.
It shows that ECMO-CPR can help people survive very serious heart problems.
A 62-year-old man with a heart attack was saved using ECMO-CPR.
The patient went into cardiac arrest before an emergency angioplasty.
ECMO-CPR provided time for doctors to perform a multivessel angioplasty.
The patient developed ventricular tachycardia (VT) and underwent radiofrequency ablation.
The patient recovered, was discharged after 21 days, and is neurologically intact.
- Who
- A 62-year-old man, the medical team at Kauvery Hospital, including Dr. R Anantharaman and Dr. S Srikumar.
- What
- A 62-year-old man with a heart attack was saved using ECMO-CPR.
- When
- Following the procedure, the patient stayed in the hospital for 21 days.
- Where
- Kauvery Hospital Alwarpet, Chennai, India.
- Why
- To provide oxygen and circulation when the patient's heart stopped, allowing doctors to treat the underlying cause.
- Patient Age
- 62
- Medical Procedure
- ECMO-CPR
- Initial Condition
- Cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest
- Hospital
- Kauvery Hospital Alwarpet
- Hospital Stay
- 21 days
- Outcome
- Discharged, neurologically intact