Partial detachment of the aorta: a fatal complication of CPR chest compressions

Abstract Background Partial aorta detachment is a rare and fatal complication of mechanical chest compression. Case presentation The paper describes a patient in cardiac arrest who died despite receiving CPR using mechanical chest compression. After death, an autopsy showed the presence of a partial...

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Main Authors: Michał Szemień, Bartosz Burchardt, Klaudia Dolińska-Kaczmarek, Zbigniew Żaba, Czesław Żaba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-04-01
Series:Bulletin of the National Research Centre
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-023-01023-y