Mechanical chest compressions in the coronary catheterization laboratory to facilitate coronary intervention and survival in patients requiring prolonged resuscitation efforts

Table 3 Coronary catheterization laboratory procedural data

	All patients	Expired Cath-lab	Discharged Cath-lab	Discharged Hospital
Procedural data	n = 32 (%)	17 (53)	15 (47)	8 (25)
Angiography during MCC	5 (16)	2	3	2
PCI during MCC	27 (87)	16	11	6
PCI successful	25 (81)	12	13	6
PCI unsuccessful	6 (20)	5	1	1
Use of concomitant IABP	12 (38)	3	9	4
CC- time	34 (5–90)	42 (10–75)	15 (5–90)	10 (5–52)
Thoracic surgery	4 (13)	0	4	2

Cath-lab coronary catheterization laboratory, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, MCC mechanical chest compression, IABP intra-aortic counter pulsation pump, CC chest compression times are presented as median minutes (range)