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Pulseless Electrical Activity as the Initial Cardiac Arrest Rhythm: Importance of Preexisting Left Ventricular Function

BACKGROUND: Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is a common initial rhythm in cardiac arrest. A substantial number of PEA arrests are caused by coronary ischemia in the setting of acute coronary occlusion, but the underlying mechanism is not well understood. We hypothesized that the initial rhythm i...

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Autores principales: Ambinder, Daniel I., Patil, Kaustubha D., Kadioglu, Hikmet, Wetstein, Pace S., Tunin, Richard S., Fink, Sarah J., Tao, Susumu, Agnetti, Giulio, Halperin, Henry R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34121419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.018671