PCI for STEMI + refractory VF with LUCAS CPR

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A young man presented with STEMI after shoveling snow. He arrested in the hallway on the way to the Cath Lab, and had refractory VF. We performed multi-vessel PCI of the LAD and RCA with the patient in nearly continuous VF supported by the LUCAS mechanical CPR device.

Chao-Wei Hwang, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Cardiac Cath Lab, Frederick Health Hospital
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Cardiology
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