Key result
ECPR successfully rescues a patient from intraoperative cardiac arrest caused by total myxoma detachment.
Why the study?
Cardiac myxomas can lead to fatal complications from extracardiac manifestations, and extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation provides rescue therapy for cardiac arrest when complications stem from a reversible origin.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation can be a successful rescue therapy for cardiac arrest caused by abdominal aortic occlusion due to total myxoma detachment.
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May inform rare intraoperative myxoma arrests; single-case report leaves broader adoption open.
Myxoma is the most common type of primary cardiac tumors and is usually benign and asymptomatic, although it has been reported with fatal complications due to extracardiac manifestations. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a rescue therapy for cardiac arrest, yields favorable outcomes, only if complications have a reversible origin. Herein, we report the first case of abdominal aortic occlusion due to total myxoma detachment who was successfully treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Dowan Kim (2020) conducted a case report in Abdominal aortic occlusion with myxoma detachment and cardiac arrest (n=1). Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) was evaluated on Survival and recovery. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation successfully rescued a patient who suffered intraoperative cardiac arrest due to acute abdominal aortic occlusion caused by total myxoma detachment.
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