Atenolol in combination with epinephrine improves the initial outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a swine model of ventricular fibrillation

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 578-584

  Bassiakou, Eleni ^a   Xanthos, Theodoros ^a   Koudouna, Eleni ^a   Goulas, Sotirios ^a   Prapa, Vassiliki ^a   Papadimitriou, Dimitrios ^a   Rokas, George ^a   Papadimitriou, Lila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATENOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESUSCITATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATENOLOL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 44449175541     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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