An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica

• Published in: International Maritime Health
• Main Authors: Carron, Mathieu, Hamard, Fanny, Levraut, Jacques, Blondeau, Nicolas
• Other Authors: Université Nice Sophia Antipolis - Faculté de Médecine (UNS UFR Médecine), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Service de réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice)-Hôpital St Roch, Institut de pharmacologie moléculaire et cellulaire (IPMC), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: acute coronary syndrome; chest pain; myocardial infarction; cruise ship; Antarctica; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; [SDV.MHEP.CSC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Cardiology and cardiovascular system; [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology; [SDV.MHEP.PHY]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Tissues and Organs [q-bio.TO]; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; The Antarctic; Ushuaia; Wilhelmina; Wilhelmina Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02336412; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02336412/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02336412/file/2019-Carron-Int%20Marit%20Health.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2019.0026

International audience Cruise tourism to Antarctica is constantly growing. Passengers and crewmembers may experience illnesses or injuries while traveling to remote areas with harsh weather conditions from where prompt evacuation is mostly unavailable. While a small explorer ship was at Wilhelmina bay (64°39' South and 62°08' West) in the Antarctic Peninsula, a 73-year-old male passenger presented with acute chest pain after two short excursions off the vessel in cold weather conditions. He was treated on board and remained clinically stable until the ship reached Ushuaia at the end of the cruise which was 5 days after the symptoms onset. (Int Marit Health 2019; 70, 3: 1-4)