Abdominal only CPR during cardiac arrest for a patient with an LVAD during resternotomy: A case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>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 inflo...
Main Authors: | Sun Benjamin C, Hamlin Robert, Heard Jarrett, Rottenberg Eric M, Awad Hamdy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2011-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/91 |
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