Abdominal only CPR during cardiac arrest for a patient with an LVAD during resternotomy: A case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rottenberg, Eric M ^a   Heard, Jarrett ^b   Hamlin, Robert ^c   Sun, Benjamin C ^d   Awad, Hamdy ^d  

^a The Ohio State University College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RESUSCITATION; STERNOTOMY;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; STERNOTOMY;

EID: 79960563689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-6-91     Document Type: Article

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