Amiodarone and bretylium in the treatment of hypothermic ventricular fibrillation in a canine model

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-191

  Stoner, Jason ^a,b   Martin, Gerard ^a   O'Mara, Kevin ^a   Ehlers, Joseph ^a   Tomlanovich, Michael ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Bretylium; Coronary perfusion; Fibrillation; Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BRETYLIUM; PLACEBO;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; DRUG CHOICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HYPOTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESUSCITATION; WARMING;

AMIODARONE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BRETYLIUM COMPOUNDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0037336013     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.3.187     Document Type: Article

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