Sequela-free long-term survival of a 65-year-old woman after 8 hours and 40 minutes of cardiac arrest from deep accidental hypothermia

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2014, Pages e1-

  Meyer, Marie ^a   Pelurson, Nathalie ^b   Khabiri, Ebrahim ^a   Siegenthaler, Nils ^a   Walpoth, Beat H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Hospitalier d'Embrun   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HALOPERIDOL; NORADRENALIN; PROPOFOL;

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84890531054     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.085     Document Type: Article

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