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

We present a case in which a patient with a previous sternotomy and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation developed cardiac arrest during resternotomy for LVAD exchange. The surgeon refused chest compressions for fear of potential damage to the inflow cannula directly beneath the sternu...

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Autores principales: Rottenberg, Eric M, Heard, Jarrett, Hamlin, Robert, Sun, Benjamin C, Awad, Hamdy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21762506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-91