Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become an effective method in the treatment of adults and children with severe cardiac and pulmonary dysfunction that is resistant to conventional therapy. The aim of this article was to summarize an experience of ECMO usage for cardiac dysfunction, which develops in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The study comprised a retrospective, single-center analysis of 23 patients with CHD (19 men and four women, average age 65.

Clinical case of successful management of acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy.

Objective: Introduction: There have recently been increasingly frequent reports of myocardial infarction (MI) in pregnancy and in the postpartum period. Pertinent and timely treatment affect maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality.

Patients And Methods: Clinical case: We are reporting about a 42 years old woman at the 19th week of gestation, with complains of chest pain with irradiation into the left arm, and shortness of breath.