A Successful Case of Percutaneous Cardiac Pacing for Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Emergency Brain Operation

Sudden cardiac arrest during sports.

Exercise can trigger an acute cardiac event which may precipitate sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). On the other hand, exercise is important for physical fitness and prevention of cardiovascular disease, and the medical community should therefore inform the general public of the health benefits of sports and exercise. At the same time, the public are exposed to alarmist mass media coverage of athlet...

Successful transcutaneous external pacing for asystole following cardiac arrest.

We report a case of successful transcutaneous external pacing for out of hospital cardiac arrest causing asystole.

SUDDEN DEATH Prehospital trial of emergency transcutaneous cardiac pacing

A prospective alternate-day controlled trial ofprehospital transcutaneous cardiac pacing (PACE) of hemodynamically significant bradycardia and asystole was undertaken. All patients had a Glasgow coma scale score of 12 or less. Patients in the control group (n = 101) received standard advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) care. Patients in the pacing group (n = 101) were to receive PACE in additi...

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Successful emergency transoesophageal cardiac pacing with subsequent endoscopy.