Chest compression-related fatal internal mammary artery injuries manifesting after venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case series

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Case	Age (years)	Sex	Initial rhythm	ECPR	Time from CPR to VA-ECMO (minutes)	Diagnosis	Past medical history	Oral medicine
1	65	Male	VF?	Yes	45	AMI	AF, AMI, DM, HT, HL	Aspirin, clopidogrel, warfarin
2	68	Male	VF	No	1857	AMI	HT	N.p.
3	56	Male	VF	Yes	28	AMI	HT, type A aortic dissection	Aspirin
4	62	Male	PEA	Yes	55	AMI	N.p.	N.p.
5	62	Male	VF	Yes	40	Electrolyte abnormality	N.p.	N.p.

AF atrial fibrillation, AMI acute myocardial infarction, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, DM diabetes mellitus, ECPR extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, HL hyperlipidemia, HT hypertension, N.p. nothing particular, PEA pulseless electrical activity, VA-ECMO venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, VF ventricular fibrillation

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