Relationship between cardiopulmonary resuscitation and injuries of the cardiac conduction system: Pathological features and pathogenesis of such injuries

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 363-367

  Nishida, Naoki ^a   Chiba, Takashi ^a   Ohtani, Maki ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^b   Katayama, Yosei ^c   Yoshioka, Naofumi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node artery; Cardiac conduction system; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Hemorrhage; Injury; Pathology; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURE; SINUS NODE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 31344440532     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000195015.73154.3D     Document Type: Article

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