Time-critical VA-ECMO-facilitated resuscitation and recovery after acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest: a case report
Zhiqiang Wang, Yaliang Tong, Yi Gao, Guohui Liu, Yingying Su, Kenji Wagatsuma, Junru Qu, Beibei Du, Yuquan He · 2026
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Wang and colleagues reported in 2026 the rescue of a 36-year-old man whose heart stopped during treatment for a heart attack. He also had cardiogenic shock, a state where the weakened heart cannot supply the body. He had diabetes and high blood pressure, and a stent placed six months earlier. Back in hospital with chest pain, he collapsed into repeated ventricular fibrillation, a chaotic heart rhythm, during an emergency artery-opening procedure.
Wang describes how compressions began with no gap in blood flow. A team started VA-ECMO, a machine that takes over heart and lung work, within 20 minutes while resuscitation continued. The blocked right coronary artery was then opened. His early course was rough, with weak pulse pressure, high lactate, lung infection, and suspected brain injury from oxygen loss. Yet he left hospital on day ten with brain function scores, and recovery held at one year.
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| CREATOR | Zhiqiang Wang, Yaliang Tong, Yi Gao, Guohui Liu, Yingying Su, Kenji Wagatsuma, Junru Qu, Beibei Du, Yuquan He |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |