• Resuscitation · May 2007

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    Reperfusion therapy in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: current insights.

    • Wessel Keuper, Hendrik-Jan Dieker, Marc A Brouwer, and Freek W A Verheugt.
    • Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Cardiology, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands. w.keuper@cardio.umcn.nl <w.keuper@cardio.umcn.nl>
    • Resuscitation. 2007 May 1; 73 (2): 189-201.

    AbstractAlthough early care in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has been improved over the past decades, survival remains poor and neurological performance after survival is often impaired. Consequently, new therapies are needed to improve outcome. As thrombotic processes such as acute myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolism are frequent causes of cardiac arrest, therapies like fibrinolysis or percutaneous coronary intervention are of interest. Both therapies can restore coronary and pulmonary perfusion in cardiac arrest patients and, additionally, fibrinolysis might prevent microthrombi to the brain. In this review, the rationale, safety and efficacy of reperfusion therapy in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest will be discussed.

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