Rapid Head Cooling Initiated Coincident With Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Improves Success of Defibrillation and Post-Resuscitation Myocardial Function in a Porcine Model of Prolonged Cardiac Arrest

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1988-1990

  Tsai, Min Shan ^a   Barbut, Denise ^a   Tang, Wanchun ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Guan, Jun ^a   Wang, Tong ^a   Sun, Shijie ^a   Inderbitzen, Becky ^a   Weil, Max Harry ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEFIBRILLATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RHYTHM; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEAD; HEART ARREST; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049171682     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.12.057     Document Type: Letter

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