Abstract:For every minute of cardiac arrest, mortality increases by 10%. Still, the variablity of meaningful neurologic survival suggests multiple factors involved in the hypoxia and encephalopathy of cardiac arrest (CA). We studied the cardiac chamber environment during ventricular fibrillation and asystole using direct ultrasound visualization using real-time intracardiac echocardiography (ICE). Four pigs were studied under general anesthesia per protocol. Venous access was obtained for catheter placement within the … Show more
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