Experimental Studies on Cardiac Resuscitation

Cardiac resuscitation following experimental arrest by procaine and ether.

Experimental studies into mechanisms of cardiac arrest.

Experimental studies have revealed that a wide variety of different pathophysiological mechanisms may induce ventricular fibrillation (VF) and cardiac arrest during acute myocardial ischaemia or infarction. Distinct phases of enhanced vulnerability (the amount of current required to stimulate ectopic activity in the heart following application of an extra stimulus) to VF follow coronary occlusi...

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Arthur B. Sanders The modern era of cardiopulmonary resuscitat ion (CPR) has been marked by the development of closed-chest cardiac massage, art if icial respiration, and electrical defibri l lation into a practical set of techniques for the treatment of patients in cardiac arrest. After i ts introduction in 1960, closed-chest CPR was shown to be successful in resuscitating approximately 25% of...

The Aassociation between Pre-Cardiac Arrest Comorbidity and Unsuccessful Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients with Cardiac Arrest

Background and Objective: Patients suffering from cardiac arrest (CA) have poor prognosis and survival. The association of pre-arrest comorbidity with unsuccessful resuscitation in patients with CA is far from clear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between pre-existing comorbidity and unsuccessful resuscitation following CA in Iranian patients. Materials and Met...

Cardiac resuscitation and coagulation.

1009 April 2014 C ARDIAC arrest occurs with an estimated annual incidence of 92 to 189 cases per 100,000 individuals and carries a poor prognosis despite advances in modern medicine.1 Even for patients in whom spontaneous circulation is restored, their subsequent hospital course is fraught with potential complications. Derangements in the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems frequently occur as...