Extracorporeal Life Support and New Therapeutic Strategies for Cardiac Arrest Caused by Acute Myocardial Infarction – a Critical Approach for a Critical Condition

Theodora Benedek^1*, Monica Marton Popovici², Dietmar Glogar³

1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tirgu Mures, Romania, Clinic of Cardiology
2 Swedish Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine and Critical Care, Edmonds, Washington, USA
3 Medical University of Vienna, Austria

DOI: 10.1515/jccm-2016-0025

This review summarizes the most recent developments in providing advanced supportive measures for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the results obtained using these new therapies in patients with cardiac arrest caused by acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Also detailed are new approaches such as extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR), intra-arrest percutaneous coronary intervention, or the regional models for systems of care aiming to reduce the critical times from cardiac arrest to initiation of ECPR and coronary revascularization.