Kauvery Hospital Alwarpet uses ECMO-CPR to save 62 aged man, who suffered complex heart attack with refractory Cardiac Arrest
Chennai, 20th June 2025 – In a remarkable feat of medical precision, Kauvery Hospital Alwarpet has saved the life of a 62-year-old man through an advanced cardiac procedure involving ECMO-CPR (Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) a rare, complex intervention reserved for the most critical cases of cardiac arrest. The patient, who was rushed to the Emergency Department with a major anterior wall myocardial infarction, was found to be in cardiogenic shock (when the heart struggles to pump blood to the body) with dangerously low blood pressure and reduced perfusion to vital organs. As he was being shifted to the Cath Lab for an emergency angioplasty, he went into cardiorespiratory arrest (heart and lung functions stopped). Despite high-quality conventional CPR, there was no return ...










