Nitroglycerin and Epinephrine Improve Coronary Perfusion Pressure in a Porcine Model of Ventricular Fibrillation Arrest: A Pilot Study

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-375

  Kitsou, Vassiliki ^a   Xanthos, Theodoros ^a   Stroumpoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Rokas, George ^a   Papadimitriou, Dimitrios ^a   Serpetinis, Ioannis ^a   Dontas, Ismene ^a   Perrea, Despina ^a   Kouskouni, Evangelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; coronary perfusion pressure; epinephrine; nitroglycerin; return of spontaneous circulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CIRCULATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEFIBRILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; LABORATORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; NITROGLYCERIN; SUS SCROFA; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 70449534101     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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