Norimasa Taniguchi

1 Introduction Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains one of the most critical and time-sensitive emergencies in contemporary cardiology, associated with high mortality and neurological morbidity despite advances in resuscitation science and post-resuscitation care [1, 2]. When the underlying cause is presumed to be acute coronary syndrome, emergent coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are often required.

Here we reported a case of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to septic shock in a 70-year-old Asian man. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report to highlight the effectiveness of ECMO on cardiac arrest caused by rapidly progressing STSS. GAS is the most common and frequent causative pathogen of acute pharyngitis, accounting for 10–30% of cases in children and 5–10% of cases in adults [4].