"Perfect Stranger Helps Save Life of New York City Doorman who Suffered Massive Heart Attack" - Darla Miles
When the doorman of a New York City hotel suffered a massive heart attack on the job, second-year dermatology resident from Seoul, South Korea, who was visiting New York, was in the right place at the right time and knew exactly what to do. In a matter of hours, the 72-year-old doorman suffered two heart attacks and two strokes. "He was actually quite sick, it was a very turbulent few days," said Amir Ahmadi, MD, director of the valve clinic and lipid clinic at Mount Sinai St. Luke's. Dr. Ahmadi and other cardiologists at Mount Sinai St. Luke's used a specialized hyperthermic cooling system to lower his body temperature to 30 degrees in order to protect his brain function. He also had stents put in his heart and an implantable defibrillator. "He received very appropriate CPR and we are very thankful for the bystander and the physicians that were on the scene," Dr. Ahmadi said.
— Amir Ahmadi, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Cardiovascular CT and MRI Research, Director, Valve Clinic, Director, Lipid Clinic, Mount Sinai St Luke’s