Intravenous infusion of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells improves myocardial function in a rat model of myocardial ischemiaTong Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 35:2587-93. 2007
..We investigated the effects of three different sites for delivery of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in a rat model of myocardial ischemia...
Individual effect of components of defibrillation waveform on the contractile function and intracellular calcium dynamics of cardiomyocytesMin Shan Tsai
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 37:2394-401. 2009
..We hypothesized that peak current may play a more important role than energy in determining postshock dysfunction. Prolongation of the duration may reduce contractile impairment...
- Comparison of the durations of mild therapeutic hypothermia on outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the rat
Sen Ye
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Circulation 125:123-9. 2012
..The present study investigated whether a shorter duration of therapeutic hypothermia induced quickly and early after resuscitation would provide an equal improvement in the outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Fixed-energy biphasic waveform defibrillation in a pediatric model of cardiac arrest and resuscitation
Wanchun Tang
The Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 1695 North Sunrise Way, Building 3, Palm Springs, CA 92262 5309, USA
Crit Care Med 30:2736-41. 2002
..Accordingly, we investigated a method by which adult automated defibrillators may be adapted to deliver a 50-J ICBTE shock for pediatric defibrillation...
- Preserved cerebral microcirculation during cardiogenic shock
Zhi Wan
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 37:2333-7. 2009
..Decreases in buccal microcirculatory flow are closely associated with the severity and outcomes of circulatory shock...
- The effects of biphasic waveform design on post-resuscitation myocardial function
Wanchun Tang
Insitute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, California 92262 5309, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 43:1228-35. 2004
..This study examined the effects of biphasic truncated exponential waveform design on survival and post-resuscitation myocardial function after prolonged ventricular fibrillation (VF)...
- One-shock versus three-shock defibrillation protocol significantly improves outcome in a porcine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest
Wanchun Tang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35 100 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, California 92270, USA
Circulation 113:2683-9. 2006
..The success of resuscitation with a 1-shock versus the conventional 3-shock defibrillation protocol was investigated subject to the range of treatment variation imposed by automated external defibrillators (AEDs)...
Clinical correlates of arterial lactate levels in STEMI patientsMax Harry Weil
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Crit Care 15:113. 2011
..That lactate value therefore identified high-risk patients as a complication, often with clinical signs of cardiogenic shock of corresponding severities...
- Pharmacologically induced hypothermia with cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55, 212-2 after cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Shijie Sun
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:2282-6. 2010
..To investigate whether hypothermia could be induced pharmacologically after resuscitation with the cannabinoid CB1/CB2 receptor agonist in a rat model and its effects on outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Levosimendan improves postresuscitation outcomes in a rat model of CPR
Lei Huang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
J Lab Clin Med 146:256-61. 2005
..Levosimendan and dobutamine both improved postresuscitation myocardial function. However, levosimendan produced more favorable postresuscitation myocardial function and increased the duration of postresuscitation survival...
- Intra-arrest rapid head cooling improves postresuscitation myocardial function in comparison with delayed postresuscitation surface cooling
Min Shan Tsai
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S434-9. 2008
..To compare resuscitation outcomes and myocardial function among intra-arrest head cooling, delayed surface cooling, and uncooled controls...
- Preserved heart rate variability during therapeutic hypothermia correlated to 96 hrs neurological outcomes and survival in a pig model of cardiac arrest
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 40:580-6. 2012
..In the current study, we investigated the effect of rapid head cooling on 96-hr neurologic outcomes and survival by heart rate variability analysis in a pig model of prolonged cardiac arrest...
- Transthoracic application of electrical cardiopulmonary resuscitation for treatment of cardiac arrest
Hao Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S458-66. 2008
..This study examined electrical cardiopulmonary resuscitation for coronary perfusion pressures during ventricular fibrillation in a porcine model of cardiac arrest...
- Miniaturized mechanical chest compressor: a new option for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 76:191-7. 2008
..We hypothesized that the 2 kg, low profile, portable device will be as effective as the standard pneumatic Thumper for restoring circulation during CPR...
- Levosimendan improves postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction after beta-adrenergic blockade
Jinglan Wang
Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
J Lab Clin Med 146:179-83. 2005
..When levosimendan was added, postresuscitation myocardial contractile function was improved even more...
- Exclusion of a patient assessment interval and extension of the CPR interval both mitigate post-resuscitation myocardial dysfunction in a swine model of cardiac arrest
Yun Te Chang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 1761, USA
Resuscitation 76:285-90. 2008
..Interruptions of CPR may be reduced by eliminating repetition of shocks between periods of CPR, elimination of the interval for patient assessment before CPR, and extension of the periods of CPR...
- The effects of epinephrine on outcomes of normothermic and therapeutic hypothermic cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Shijie Sun
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:2175-80. 2010
..To investigate the effects of epinephrine when administered during either normothermic or therapeutic hypothermic cardiopulmonary resuscitation on postresuscitation myocardial and cerebral function and survival...
- Evidence favoring the use of an alpha2-selective vasopressor agent for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Tommaso Pellis
The Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, Calif 92262, USA
Circulation 108:2716-21. 2003
..However, combined alpha1- and beta-adrenergic blockade, which represented a predominantly selective alpha2-vasopressor effect, resulted in improved postresuscitation cardiac and neurological recovery...
- The amplitude spectrum area correctly predicts improved resuscitation and facilitated defibrillation with head cooling
Min Shan Tsai
Well Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S413-7. 2008
..We hypothesized that rapid head cooling initiated coincident with cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves amplitude spectrum area, and therefore is predictive of successful defibrillation...
- A comparison between head cooling begun during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and surface cooling after resuscitation in a pig model of cardiac arrest
Jun Guan
Well Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S428-33. 2008
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- Survival and neurological outcomes after nasopharyngeal cooling or peripheral vein cold saline infusion initiated during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest
Tao Yu
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:916-21. 2010
..We hypothesized that nasopharyngeal cooling initiated during cardiopulmonary resuscitation would yield better resuscitation outcome when compared with cold saline infusion...
- Intravenous infusion of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells improves brain function after resuscitation from cardiac arrest
Tong Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S486-91. 2008
..Coincidental evidence of improved brain function prompted the present study...
- Spontaneous gasping generates cardiac output during cardiac arrest
Jing Xie
Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 32:238-40. 2004
..001) and coronary perfusion pressure from 4 +/- 3 to 13 +/- 7 mm Hg (p <.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our studies confirm that preterminal gasping during ventricular fibrillation increases both ventilation and forward blood flow...
- Delayed high-quality CPR does not improve outcomes
Fengqing Song
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 82:S52-5. 2011
..Our objective was to compare outcomes following either immediate low-quality (LQ) CPR or delayed high-quality (HQ) CPR. We hypothesized that delayed HQ CPR will improve the outcomes of CPR in comparison to immediately performing LQ CPR...
- Intra-arrest selective brain cooling improves success of resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest
Hao Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Resuscitation 81:617-21. 2010
..Our hypothesis was that rapid nasal cooling initiated during "low-flow" improves return of spontaneous resuscitation (ROSC)...
- Defibrillation delivered during the upstroke phase of manual chest compression improves shock success
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:910-5. 2010
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- A comparison of defibrillation efficacy between different impedance compensation techniques in high impedance porcine model
Yongqin Li
The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 80:1312-7. 2009
..The first defibrillator (A) compensates high impedance by controlling current with fixed shock duration, while the second defibrillator (B) by prolonging the shock duration...
- Microvascular blood flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is predictive of outcome
Michael Fries
The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 71:248-53. 2006
..82, p<0.01). Microvascular blood flow in the sublingual mucosa is therefore closely related to coronary perfusion pressure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and both are predictive of outcome...
- The optimal phasic relationship between synchronized shock and mechanical chest compressions
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Resuscitation 81:724-9. 2010
..We therefore undertook a study to assess the effects of timing of defibrillation in the mechanical chest compression cycle on the defibrillation threshold (DFT) using a porcine model of cardiac arrest...
- Minimal interruption of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a single shock as mandated by automated external defibrillations does not compromise outcomes in a porcine model of cardiac arrest and resuscitation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:3048-53. 2008
..We hypothesized that an 8-sec interruption of chest compressions for a single shock, as mandated by automated external defibrillations, would not impair initial resuscitation and outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Microcirculation during cardiac arrest and resuscitation
Michael Fries
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S454-7. 2006
..Administration of epinephrine dramatically decreased microcirculatory blood flow...
- The quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation overrides importance of timing of defibrillation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Chest 132:70-5. 2007
..We address the quality of chest compressions and the impact on initial defibrillation or initial chest compressions after sudden death...
- The cerebral microcirculation is protected during experimental hemorrhagic shock
Zhi Wan
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:928-32. 2010
..We propose to relate changes in the macrocirculation to the buccal and cerebral microcirculations during hemorrhage and after fluid resuscitation...
- A comparison of electrically induced cardiac arrest with cardiac arrest produced by coronary occlusion
Jinglan Wang
The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 72:477-83. 2007
..Accordingly, a potentially more clinically relevant model was investigated in which spontaneous VF followed acute myocardial ischemia...
- Comparison of efficacy of pulsed biphasic waveform and rectilinear biphasic waveform in a short ventricular fibrillation pig model
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 80:1047-51. 2009
..In this study, we compared pulsed biphasic waveform (PBW) with rectilinear biphasic waveform (RBW) and their effects on terminating ventricular fibrillation (VF)...
- Evolution of the stone heart after prolonged cardiac arrest
Kada Klouche
Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Chest 122:1006-11. 2002
..CONCLUSION: Progressive impairment in diastolic function terminates in a stone heart after prolonged intervals of cardiac arrest...
- Opioid receptor agonist reduces myocardial ischemic injury when administered during early phase of myocardial ischemia
Yi Shan
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 81:761-5. 2010
..We proposed to investigate the separate effects of ischemia and reperfusion injury on postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction...
- Stroke volumes generated by precordial compression during cardiac resuscitation
Kada Klouche
Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 30:2626-31. 2002
..CONCLUSION: These observations support the concept that stroke volumes generated by precordial compression are quantitatively related to the coronary perfusion pressure and to the success of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Epinephrine reduces cerebral perfusion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 37:1408-15. 2009
..On the basis of coincidental observations on changes in microvascular flow in the cerebral cortex, we hypothesized that epinephrine selectively decreases microvascular flow...
- Comparison of rectilinear biphasic waveform with biphasic truncated exponential waveform in a pediatric defibrillation model
Jinglan Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 35:1961-5. 2007
..To compare the rectilinear biphasic waveform with a biphasic truncated exponential waveform for pediatric defibrillation...
- Cerebral cortical microvascular flow during and following cardiopulmonary resuscitation after short duration of cardiac arrest
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 77:229-34. 2008
..To examine changes in cerebral cortical macro- and microcirculation and their relationship to the severity of brain ischaemia during and following resuscitation from a short duration of cardiac arrest...
- Mechanism by which activation of delta-opioid receptor reduces the severity of postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction
Xiangshao Fang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 34:2607-12. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: The postresuscitation myocardial protective effects provided by activation of delta-opioid receptor may be mediated via opening KATP channels...
- A comparison of alpha-methylnorepinephrine, vasopressin and epinephrine for cardiac resuscitation
Kada Klouche
The Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 1695 North Sunrise Way, Bldg 3, 92262 5309, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Resuscitation 57:93-100. 2003
..Both post-resuscitation myocardial function and survival were most improved after administration of the selective alpha(2)-adrenergic agonist, intermediate after vasopressin and least after epinephrine and saline placebo...
- Effects of epinephrine and vasopressin on cerebral microcirculatory flows during and after cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 35:2145-9. 2007
..Accordingly, we compared the effects of nonadrenergic vasopressin with those of epinephrine on cerebral cortical microvascular flow together with cortical tissue Po2 and Pco2 as indicators of cortical tissue ischemia...
- The effects of a newly developed miniaturized mechanical chest compressor on outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a porcine model*
Wei Chen
From the Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine WC, YW, XW, SS, JB, MHW, WT, Rancho Mirage, CA and Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California SS, MHW, Los Angeles, CA
Crit Care Med 40:3007-12. 2012
..We investigated the effects of a newly developed miniaturized chest compressor on the outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Optimizing the duration of CPR prior to defibrillation improves the outcome of CPR in a rat model of prolonged cardiac arrest
Shijie Sun
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 82:S3-7. 2011
..This study was to investigate whether optimal duration of CPR prior to defibrillation could be guided by Amplitude Spectrum Analysis (AMSA) in the setting of prolonged VF on outcome of CPR...
- Comparison between dobutamine and levosimendan for management of postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction
Lei Huang
Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 33:487-91. 2005
..CONCLUSIONS: Levosimendan has the potential of improving postresuscitation myocardial function. It is likely to serve as an alternative to dobutamine as an inotropic agent for management of postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction...
- Hypothermia improves ventricular myocyte contractility under conditions of normal perfusion and after an interval of ischemia
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 81:898-903. 2010
..The effects of hypothermia on myocyte contractility were investigated under conditions of normal perfusion and after a 10min interval of ischemia...
- Apoptosis is not involved in the mechanism of myocardial dysfunction after resuscitation in a rat model of cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Fengqing Song
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 38:1329-34. 2010
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- Effects of biphasic waveforms on outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest
Yun-Te Chang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 34:3024-8. 2006
..Dual-path sequential defibrillation had less postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction than rectilinear biphasic and dual-path simultaneous defibrillation, but at 72 hrs these differences were no longer significant...
- Postresuscitation myocardial diastolic dysfunction following prolonged ventricular fibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Tingyan Xu
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:188-92. 2008
..We therefore investigated the postresuscitation left ventricular diastolic function following prolonged cardiac arrest and subsequent cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
- Buccal capnometry for quantitating the severity of hemorrhagic shock
Gianluca A A M Cammarata
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Shock 31:207-11. 2009
..This measurement is therefore likely to serve as a useful guide for the immediate management of hemorrhagic shock...
- Adverse outcomes of interrupted precordial compression during automated defibrillation
Ting Yu
Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, Calif 92262-5309, USA
Circulation 106:368-72. 2002
..CONCLUSIONS: Interruptions of precordial compression for rhythm analyses that exceed 15 seconds before each shock compromise the outcome of CPR and increase the severity of postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction...
- The characteristics of postcountershock pulseless electrical activity may indicate the outcome of CPR
Xiangshao Fang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Resuscitation 69:303-9. 2006
..Fisher's discriminant analysis is helpful in predicting the likelihood of ROSC for an individual animal presenting with postcountershock PEA...
- Cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptor mediates WIN55, 212-2 induced hypothermia and improved survival in a rat post-cardiac arrest model
Yinlun Weng
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Resuscitation 83:1145-51. 2012
..The present study was to explore the potential mechanisms of WIN55, 212-2 on thermoregulation following resuscitation and to investigate which class of CB receptors was involved in WIN55, 212-2-induced hypothermia...
- Increases in tissue Pco2 during circulatory shock reflect selective decreases in capillary blood flow
Michael Fries
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 34:446-52. 2006
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- Carvedilol mitigates adverse effects of epinephrine during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Lei Huang
The Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, CA, USA
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 10:113-20. 2005
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- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a rat model of chronic myocardial ischemia
Xiangshao Fang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
J Appl Physiol 101:1091-6. 2006
..This model would suggest further clinically relevant investigation on cardiac arrest and CPR...
- Increases in both buccal and sublingual partial pressure of carbon dioxide reflect decreases of tissue blood flows in a porcine model during hemorrhagic shock
Tommaso Pellis
Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
J Trauma 58:817-24. 2005
..CONCLUSION: The current study extends the rationale for noninvasive measurements to both buccal and sublingual mucosa for diagnosis and quantitation of hemorrhagic shock severity...
- Comparison of buccal microcirculation between septic and hemorrhagic shock
Xiangshao Fang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S447-53. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: Impaired microcirculatory alteration in septic shock is more severe than hemorrhagic shock; microcirculation is relatively independent of improved systemic hemodynamics, in contrast to those in hemorrhagic shock...
- Outcomes of CPR in the presence of partial occlusion of left anterior descending coronary artery
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States
Resuscitation 75:357-65. 2007
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- Electrocardiogram waveforms for monitoring effectiveness of chest compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Yongqin Li
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:211-5. 2008
..We therefore sought a readily available option for monitoring the effectiveness of chest compressions, specifically using the electrocardiogram...
- Free radicals mediate postshock contractile impairment in cardiomyocytes
Min Shan Tsai
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 36:3213-9. 2008
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- Mesenchymal stem cells improve outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in myocardial infarcted rats
Tong Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
J Mol Cell Cardiol 46:378-84. 2009
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- Coronary blood flow produced by muscle contractions induced by intracardiac electrical CPR during ventricular fibrillation
Hao Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 32:S223-7. 2009
..It has been reported that transthoracic electrical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) generates coronary perfusion pressures (CPP) similar to manual chest compressions (MCC). We hypothesized that intracardiac ECPR produces similar CPP...
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: from the beginning to the present day
Giuseppe Ristagno
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA
Crit Care Clin 25:133-51, ix. 2009
..This article summarizes the major events that encompass the history of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, beginning with ancient history and evolving into the current American Heart Association's commitment to save hearts...
- The potential mechanisms of reduced incidence of ventricular fibrillation as the presenting rhythm in sudden cardiac arrest
Hao Wang
Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 37:26-31. 2009
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- Myocardial performance index following electrically induced or ischemically induced cardiac arrest
Tingyan Xu
The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine, 35100 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, United States
Resuscitation 76:103-7. 2008
..We sought to investigate the echocardiographic myocardial performance index (MPI) to assess post-resuscitation myocardial function following electrically and ischemically induced ventricular fibrillation (VF)...
