Survival with Complete Neurological Recovery after Prolonged Cardiac Arrest in a Post CABG Patient ? A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature

In general outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation after cardiac arrest remain poor particularly in patients with risk factors such as unwitnessed arrest, unfavourable initial cardiac rhythm, older age, prolonged resuscitation without return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). So there are specific guidelines as well for terminating resuscitative efforts in case of cardiac arrests which are deemed futile. Nonetheless, cases of successful resuscitation with good recovery after prolonged cardiac arrest have been documented. We present a case of 55 years old man who survived a cardiac arrest in the post cardiac surgery ITU that lasted approximately 55 minutes. The patient had a full neurologic recovery and was discharged from the hospital in ambulatory condition with stable vitals.