Internationale Zeitschrift für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung

A Structured Approach for Treatment of Prolonged Cardiac Arrest Cases in the Coronary Catheterization Laboratory Using Mechanical Chest Compressions

Henrik Wagner, Malin Rundgren, Bjarne Madsen Hardig, Karl B Kern, David Zughaft, Jan Harnek, Matthias G?tberg and Goran K Olivecrona

A Structured Approach for Treatment of Prolonged Cardiac Arrest Cases in the Coronary Catheterization Laboratory Using Mechanical Chest Compressions

This article aims at describing a logistic approach for prolonged resuscitation efforts in the cath-lab using mechanical chest compressions (MCC) during simultaneous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).